Jarrett v. Stevens
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited IIoÜcÍl Land Tit. § 278; 24 W. Va. 238; Hutch. Land Tit. § 347; Id. 368-380; Id. 384; Id. 365 ; 60 Mo. 420; 38 Tex. 591; 50 Mo. 549; 1 Stark. Ev. 215; 7 Cow. 239; 5 Mass. 334; 2 Caine 129; 12 S. E. Hep. 832. cited 25 W. Va. 131; 13 S. E. Rep. 352 ; 15 East 292; 3 A. K Marsh. 322; 17 Md. 49; 91 Am. Dec. 523 ; 2 Greenl. Ev. § 278 ; 1 Greenl. Ev. § 103 et seq.; 3 Waite Act. & Def. 109 ; 78 Va. 602 i 13 S. E. Rep. 33 ; Const. Art. XIII, s. 3.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, Judge :
In an action of ejectment in the Circuit Court of Green-brier by Joseph Jarrett against Joseph Stevens, there was a judgment for plaintiff, and Stevens brought the case here.
The declaration alleges that the plaintiff' “was possessed in fee” of the land in suit, an d it is urged that it is bad in the fact that it does not state that he claimed title in fee, as the statute requires it to state “whether he claims in fee, or for his life, or the life of another, or for years, specifying such lives, or the duration of the term.”
The statute does not have for its object that the…
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