Beamer v. Clayton
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Monongalia County. Bill by Sarab Beamer and others against Ulysses W. Clayton and others. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge :
The plaintiffs, as heirs at law of Jerusha Stull Clayton, deceased, brought this suit to set aside two sets of deeds, by the first of which, dated September 18, 1912, the defendant Ulysses W. Clayton and the said Jerusha Stull Clayton, his wife, .purport to have conveyed to defendant James P. Kirby, and the said Kirby to the said Ulysses W. Clayton, all the coal and mining rights in and under a tract of 12.7 acres of land which the said decedent had inherited from her father’s estate; and by the second of which set of deeds, dated April 20, 1915, the said Clayton and wife also…
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