Pendleton v. Letzkus

Ritz, Judge :

The suit was brought by the executor and devisees under the will of Joseph H. Pendleton for the purpose of setting aside a tax deed made by the clerk of the county court of Brooke County to the defendant G-ullette for a tract of land owned by the said Joseph H. Pendleton in his lifetime, and also a deed made by the said defendant G-ullette to the defendant Letzkus. The circuit court entered a decree setting aside the tax deed and the deed made to the defendant Letzkus thereunder, and from that decree this appeal is prosecuted.

Joseph H. Pendleton was the owner of a tract of about…