Mahan v. Blankensop

Maxwell, Judge:

This is an action of ejectment wherein there were verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants prosecute this writ of error.

The land in controversy is a long, narrow strip on the west side of the public highway and adjacent thereto in an outlying section of the city of Wellsburg, Brooke County. The said strip is about three hundred and fifty feet in length, running to a point at each end. The strip is said by the defendants to be about thirty-seven feet in width at its widest point, about the middle thereof. The plaintiff has a life estate in lands lying immediately…