Lucas v. Hensley
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Ejectment by George T. Lucas against Robert Hensley and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
Defendants complain of the judgment of the circuit court of Cabell county in an action of ejectment by which the plaintiff recovered a .tract of land containing something more than seven hundred acres, situate in Logan county, West Virginia. It is admitted that this tract of land is a part of a large tract owned by John Dempsey in his lifetime, and that the defendant United States Coal & Oil Company is the owner of this Dempsey land, unless Dempsey before his death conveyed away the parcel involved in this suit. The plaintiff claims under a deed executed to him by William Lucas…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- McLin v. RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
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