King v. Stuart
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia
This was a suit in equity by Henry 0. King against H. 0. Stuart and others to enjoin defendants from cutting timber from certain lands claimed by the complainant.
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL, District Judge.
This is a suit brought by the plaintiff, Henry C. King, to restrain the defendants from cutting and carrying away the timber of the plaintiff on certain lands claimed by him, lying in Buchanan county, Va., the same being part of a tract of 500,000 acres lying in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, anil Kentucky. The plaintiff traces his title from a grant by the commonwealth of Virginia to Robert Morris, dated June 23,1795, and, through successive conveyance's to himself. The bill, after setting out the plaintiff’s title, alleges:
“That the title of your orator, as…
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