Grass v. Beard
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Boone C.ounty. Two suits, both by G. W. Grass and others, one against J. F. Beard, the other against one Johnson. Both suits were dismissed, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KobiNSON, Judge :
These two cases properly come on to be heard together. They are chancery suits by the same plaintiffs in each against different defendants in each. But they both have the same object- — the removal of cloud from the title of plaintiffs — the removal of defendants’ -claims of title through deeds from the commissioner of school lands-. One suit relates to plaintiffs’ alleged title to a parcel of about five acres of land; the other to plaintiffs’ alleged title to a severed estate in coal. Both were dismissed at the hearing by the court- below, without prejudice.
It is plainly…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Earl v. KeenanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
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