Maze v. Bennett

Hatcher, President:

This is a suit to remove as a cloud upon the several titles of the plaintiffs to a tract of some 500 acres of land, a partially executed compromise in writing made in 1896, between their predecessors in title, and those of defendants. From a decree in favor of plaintiffs, the defendants appealed.

Upon a prior appeal here in this cause, the bill was sustained. See Maze v. Bennett, 114 W. Va. 169, 171 S. E. 249. We quote therefrom as follows:

“In 1896, the Bennetts and the Mazes were in litigation over the tract and they concluded a written compromise, stipulating (1) that the…