Bouvier-Iaeger Coal Land Co. v. Sypher
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia
In Equity. Suit by the Bouvier-Iaeger Coal Land Company against Howard H. Sypher and others. On March 4, 1795, Robert Morris obtained from the commonwealth of Virginia a patent for a tract of 320,000 acres of land then lying in the counties of Wythe and Russell, now lying mainly in McDowell and Wyoming counties, W, Vá.
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In Equity. Suit by the Bouvier-Iaeger Coal Land Company against Howard H. Sypher and others. On March 4, 1795, Robert Morris obtained from the commonwealth of Virginia a patent for a tract of 320,000 acres of land then lying in the counties of Wythe and Russell, now lying mainly in McDowell and Wyoming counties, W, Vá. And 19 days thereafterwards, namely, on March 23, 1795, said Robert Morris obtained a patent for another tract of 480,000 .acres adjoining the tract of 320,000 above mentioned, so that by these patents, granted almost simultaneously, and, in fact, surveyed practically at the…
1Opinion of the CourtKfbler, District Judge
(after stating the facts, as above). The bill prays that the deed of November 10, 1858, may be canceled as a forgery, and as a cloud upon the title of complainant. It is admitted that, except for said deed, the complainant has title to the land in con troversy, and it is also admitted, in the answers of the defendants, Sypher and Cornelia Herman, that the complainant up to 1906 or 1907 had possession of and exercised acts of ownership over the lands involved, and received income therefrom. After the long and detailed statement made, I do not feel it necessary to do more than indicate very…
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- Applegate v. Lexington & Carter County Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Pickens v. KniselyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
- Knolls v. . BarnhartNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Donahue v. MillsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1883
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