Roberts v. Huntington Development & Gas Co.

Miller, Judge:

Tbe object of the present bill was to have removed as a cloud upon plaintiffs’ alleged title to two tracts, comprising one hundred and thirty-eight (138) acres of land in Putnam County, alleged to have been acquired by them in the year 1887, by deeds from Margaret Billups, a certain recorded instrument, commonly known as a disclaimer, the pertinent-parts of which are as follows:

“Whereas certain actions of ejectment are now pending in the District Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia in favor of Henry McParlan and others against Lewis Adkins and others,…