Legal Opinion
Thrasher v. Ballard
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 1889PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
Lucy J. Thrasher brought an action of ejectment in the Circuit Court of Monroe county against Lewis Ballard and others to recover a tract of land'. The case was tried by the Court in lieu of a jury, and, judgment being rendered for the defendants,- the plaintiff obtained this writ of error.
Both sides claimed under George B. Moffat. George B. Moffat, by deed dated October 3, 1856, conveyed the land to Daniel Stoner, trustee, to hold according to a trust defined in a deed from Daniel Stoner to William Nossinger, dated March 12, 1845; this land so conveyed by Moffat coming from…
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