Lohr v. Wolfe
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Barbour County. Action by C. E. Lohr and others against S. L. Wolfe. ' Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Millbe, Judge1:
In all action for trespass upon land, not involving title, the court below, on motion, struck out plaintiffs’ evidence, directed a verdict lor defendant, and pronounced the judgment of nil capial, to which the present writ of error applies.
The ground of the court’s action, as disclosed by the record, was that, as plaintiffs in their declaration had described the land as a tract in Cove District, Barbour County, containing 16 acres and 60 poles and known as the James Q, Colebank Tract, and also by reference to the deed, as a tract calling for 11 31-160 acres, and also by…
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