Powell v. Batson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Bill filed at April rules, 1866, in the clerk’s office of the circuit court of Taylor county, by Aaron T. Batson and wife, against William G. 8. Powell. It alleged that on the 6th of June, 1844, one Davidson and wife had conveyed to the complainants and defendant, a tract of land, lying in Taylor county, containing 67-n-acres, which was subject to a dower interest of the mother of the female complainant and the defendant.
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Bill filed at April rules, 1866, in the clerk’s office of the circuit court of Taylor county, by Aaron T. Batson and wife, against William G. 8. Powell. It alleged that on the 6th of June, 1844, one Davidson and wife had conveyed to the complainants and defendant, a tract of land, lying in Taylor county, containing 67-n-acres, which was subject to a dower interest of the mother of the female complainant and the defendant. That in August, 1846, the complainants sold to the defendant 22J acres of the tract, being their interest therein, exclusive of the dower interest, and executed a title bond…
1Opinion of the Court
Berkshire, President.
The controversy in this case, I think, must turn mainly, on the validity of the paper-writing, filed with the appellees’ billas “exhibit No. 2.” It purports to be a receipt from the defendant Powell, to the complainant Aaron T. Batson, for all demands, and acknowledgment that he was to have back the 22J acres of land, which he had previously sold to Powell. It is clear, therefore, that if this paper is to be regarded as genuine, the appellee’s right to a partition of the whole tract of 67J acres, conveyed to the defendant and the female appellee by John Davidson, is made…
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