Huntington v. Dickinson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Benjamin F. Keller, Judge. Action in ejectment by John Q. Dickinson and another against Ara-bella D. Huntington and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
In the action of ejectment for several thousand acres of land, it turned out that the only controversy was over a triangular parcel containing 400 acres. Jury trial was waived, and the District Court found for the plaintiff. ,
On October 24, 1794, Joseph Skiles under a Virginia land warrant entered 40,000 acres of land in Kanawha county; but the warrant was not perfected into a grant until June 11, 1798. In the meantime, on November 11, 1794, John Steele under a like warrant entered 19,500 acres in the same county, and procured a grant therefor on December 1, 1794. By…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- King v. DavisU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia · 1903
- Blankenship v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1906
- Dickinson v. HuntingtonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1911
- Huntington's Devisees v. TaylorU.S. Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia · 1907
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- United Fuel Gas Co. v. DyerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950