Legal Opinion

King v. Hatfield

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia

Decided December 15, 1900PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

JACKSON, District Judge.

This is a suit to set aside and remove clouds upon complainant’s title to portions of a tract of land claimed by him. The case is now heard upon the bill and demurrer.

The complainant claims a tract of 500,000 acres of land under a grant issued to Robert Morris by the commonwealth of Virginia June 23,1795, and under mesne conveyances from the grantee to the complainant, which tract is situated partly in the state of West Virginia, in Logan, Mingo, Wyoming, and McDowell counties. He files as *566exhibits with his bill title papers which show a regular chain of conveyance to…

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3Cited by1 opinion

Hatfield v. KingU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern West Virginia · 1904