Patton v. Eicher
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Ohio County. Proceedings by T. H. Patton against C. Ward Eicher and others to quiet title. The bill was dismissed for want of jurisdiction, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LyNCH, Judge:
This writ prosecuted by plaintiff below brings here for review the decree of the circuit court of Ohio County dismissing his bill for want of jurisdiction of the subject matter of the suit and of the persons of the defendants, neither of whom resides in this state and to whom the-only notice of the pendency of the suit was by a duly executed order of publication. The material allegation’s of the bill are: That prior to February 23, 1917, plaintiff was the owner of an undivided one-third interest in 1553 acres of coal land situate in Ohio County, West Virginia, which was subject…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Big Vein Coal Co. of W. Va. v. ReadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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