McClain v. Batton

PoeeeNbarger, Judge:

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Doddridge County, upon a bill filed by Stewart L. McClain against Thomas Batton, to set aside a deed made to Batton by the clerk of the county court of said county, pursuant to a purchase made by him from the sheriff of said county at a sale of lands, delinquent for the non-payment of taxes for the years 1889 and 1890. The sale was made on the 17th day of November, 1891, and the deed executed on the 31st day of June, 1893. The amount of land thus purchased and conveyed is fifteen acres. It adjoins four hundred and ten…