Custer v. Hall
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Fayette County. Bill in equity by Ellen B. Custer and husband against M. J. Hall and others. From a decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
This suit was instituted July 31, 1900, to have certain deeds ■cancelled as clouds on plaintiffs title to a tract of 390 acres ■of land; to get in the legal title to four undivided sixths thereof to which plaintiff claims to have the complete equity; to enjoin defendants from cutting timber and for general relief. On final hearing the court held that the case was not one for equitable relief, and. dismissed plaintiff's bill, but without prejudice.
The plaintiff Ellen B. Custer and the defendant M-. J. Hall, wife of A. J. Hall, each claims to be the true owner of the land, both…
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