Laing v. Gauley Coal Land Co.

Maxwell, Judge:

This is a suit for partition of a tract of 2,513 acres of land in Greenbrier county of which Alexander S. Skaggs died seized in 1883. The plaintiffs claim an undivided 3/22 and the defendant, Mattie Mann, an undivided 1/22 interest. From a decree denying the claims of the plaintiffs and said defendant and dismissing the bill, the plaintiffs appeal.

Alexander S. Skaggs died intestate, survived by his widow and eleven children. The widow died about 1888. On the 18th day of April, 1888, four of the children, together with the respective spouses of those of the four who were…