First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wheeling v. Arkle
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Ohio County. Action by the First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wheeling, West Virginia, and others, against George Arkle. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, President:
The First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wheeling and its trustees brought an action of unlawful detainer before a justice of Ohio County against George Arkle, to recover possession of a part of the lot of land owned by said church near the northeast corner of Sixteenth and Chapline streets, Wheeling, fronting sixteen feet on Sixteenth street, and running back therefrom twenty feet, and recovered judgment, and Arkle took an appeal to the circuit court, where, upon the evidencce of the plaintiffs, the defendant offering none, the court directed a verdict for the…
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