Williams v. Ewart
West Virginia Supreme Court
Statement of the case by Ghees, Judge : This was an.action of ejectment brought by John S'. Williams against Jolm S. Ewart in the Circuit Court of Randolph county, November 2d, 1870. A declaration was filed at December rules, 1870, which was subsequently amended by leave of -the court; and to both declaration and amended declaration tbe defendant pleaded' — “Not guilty —and issues were found ; and an order of survey was made and executed ; and the defendant filed a…
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Statement of the case by Ghees, Judge : This was an.action of ejectment brought by John S'. Williams against Jolm S. Ewart in the Circuit Court of Randolph county, November 2d, 1870. A declaration was filed at December rules, 1870, which was subsequently amended by leave of -the court; and to both declaration and amended declaration tbe defendant pleaded' — “Not guilty —and issues were found ; and an order of survey was made and executed ; and the defendant filed a disclaimer of title to a portion of the land. The jury tried the case on November 7th, 1879, and found the following verdict:—…
1Opinion of the Court
GREEN, Judge :
This was an action of ejectment brought on November 2, 1870, by John L. Williams against John S. Ewart to recover *665.a tract of land in Raleigh county. There have already been four trials of the case. In the first of these trials on the the issue regularly made up on the plea of “not guilty” — the jury found for the plaintiff the land described in the declaration giving its metes and bounds, and that he had a fee simple title to the land, and gave him one cent damages. The defendant moved for a new trial, which the court granted upon the payment of the costs by him. This verdict…
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