Blake v. Hollandsworth
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Cabell County. Bill in equity by J. 3ST. Blake and others against T. R. Hollandsworth and others. Prom a decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Robinson, Judge:
This suit is one by which plaintiffs claim title to a one-half undivided interest in certain land and seek partition thereof as-against defendants.
The sole evidence of plaintiffs’ title is a certified copy of a. recorded deed, made by George Killgore and wife to Isaac Blake: and Mary Ann Blake, his wife. Plaintiffs claim title as the heirs at law of Mary Ann Blake. I't is submitted by defendants, that the copy of the deed can not be read as evidence on account of defective certificate of acknowledgment thereto. The-copy of the deed shows the following certificates:
“Virginia,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sims v. EverhardtSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Gillespie v. BaileyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
- Oney v. ClendeninWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
- Wright v. WilsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
- Frederick v. WilcoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
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