Lefever v. Thomas
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Doddridge County. Bill by Content Lefever and others against Lends Thomas. Decree for plaintiffs and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge :
The decree appealed from adjudged that the sale by the sheriff to defendant Thomas, December 9, 1901, of the tract of twenty five acres, in controversy, and the subsequent deed to him therefor, made by the clerk of the county court, October 13, 1903, were illegal, null and void, vested no title thereto in him, and constituted a cloud upon the title of the plaintiffs Content Lefever and I. J. Lefever, which by said decree it was further decreed should be and the same was thereby removed.
As the bill and record show, said tract is a part of a larger tract, described as containing…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. KingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
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- State v. AllenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Callihan v. RussellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Gerke Brewing Co. v. St. ClairWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
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