Jarrell v. Laurel Coal & Land Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Boone County. Suit by Paris Jarrell and others against the Laurel Coal & Land Company and others. Prom decree for defendants, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Robinson, President:
In 1861, Simoon Jarrell died intestate, seized and possessed of several tracts of land in Boone County, aggregating more than 2000 acres. He left surviving him a widow, three sons, and four daughters. The widow and one of the sons became the personal representatives of the decedent. A suit instituted in 1871, by one who had obtained a judgment against these *754personal representatives, plainly had for its object the subjection of the land of the decedent to the payment of his debts. By decrees in that cause the lands were sold, and were ■conveyed to the purchasers, by a…
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