Ward v. Ward's Heirs
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Taylor County. Suit by L. E. Ward against Maria Ward's heirs. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff: appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, PRESIDENT:
As will be seen in a-former decision in this ease, 40 W. Va. 611, Maria Ward died seized of a hotel property known as the “Ward House” in Grafton, leaving six children, to whom it descended, and one of the coparceners, L. E. Ward, brought a chancery suit in the circuit court of Taylor County having for its purposes a sale of the property on the ground of its insus-ceptibility of partition, and compensation to him for improvements made upon the property adding to its value. A decree was rendered denjdng all claim by L. E. Ward for improvements, and this court reversed the…
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