Boggess v. Scott
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Doddridge County. Suit by E. S. Boggess against B. J. Scott and A. T. Pratt. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
John R. Boggess owned several tracts of land in Doddridge County,, among them one of one hundred and eight acres. In 1886 he conveyed fifty-three and one-half acres of that tract to Mary R. Starkey. By an instrument calling itself a deed, dated 1st April, 1890, Boggess conveyed to C. A. Boggess, in trust for Wheeler Boggess, three tracts, ohe of one hundred and eighty-three acres, one of two hundred acres and one of fifty-three and one-half acres, the last tract being the residue of the one hundred and eight acres after the conveyance of part of it to said Starkey. The said…
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