Harrison v. Harman
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, McDowell County. Suits by Joseph Harrison and others and by Hattie Harrison against George W. Harman and others. Prom the decree, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
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In the year 1887 D. Gr. Sayers, Gr. W. Harman and Henry Harrison conveyed to Henry Bowen nine tracts of land in McDowell county. West Virginia, lmowm as the Burkhart lands. Bow’en took and held the same for himself and others as follows: one-fourth for himself, one-fourth for J. S. Gillespie, one-fourth for A. P. Gillespie, and one-fourth for J. G. Watts. Sayers, Harman and Harrison had acquired title thereto by virtue of a proceeding instituted by the commissioner of school lands.
In 1889 William H. Burkhart and others, heirs .at law of George J. Burkhart, deceased, brought a suit in the…
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