Nuttall v. McVey
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Fayette County. Bill by L. W. Nuttall and others against T. C. McVey. Decree for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BraNkon, Judge:
A tract of about three hundred acres of land was owned by W. S. McVey under grant to him by the State of Virginia, 3rd August, 1841. In 1862 W. S. McVey sold this land to J. F. Cavendish for $600, $100 down and the balance in five notes of $100 each payable annually. McVey made to Cavendish a title bond stipulating for conveyance-of the legal title on payment of the purchase money, and placed Cavendish in actual possession of the land at the date of the title bond, and Cavendish made large improvements on the land, and he and those claiming under him have ever since the date of…
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