White v. Bailey
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lewis County. Bill by A. P. White, executor of the will of William J. Bailey, deceased, and another, against Bland Bailey and others. Decree for complainants, and Bland Bailey appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Poffenbarger Judge:
Bland Bailey complains of a decree of the circuit court of Lewis county, cancelling and setting aside a deed by which his father, William J. Bailey, had conveyed to him a tract of 208 acres of land, upon a bill filed for the purpose by the executor of the will of said William J. Bailey and Broaddus College, a beneficiary of a trust created by said will.
The deed so set aside conveyed the land to the appellant, July 12, 1889, in consideration of one dollar and a covenant, on the part of the grantee, "to remove to and occupy, use and cultivate in a proper manner said tract of…
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