McCallister v. Cottrille

Snyder, Judge:

Suit in equity brought by Alexander McCallister against George J. Cottrille and T. K. Knight in the circuit court of Doddridge county. The original bill was filed at the August rules, 1877, and the plaintiff avers therein that he was the owner in fee of a tract of one hundred and ninety-seven acres of land in said county, which was assessed with taxes in his *175name for the year 1874, and returned delinquent for the nonpayment of said taxes and sold, on December 20, 1875, by the sheriff and purchased by the defendant, Oottrille, for eight dollars and ninety-seven cents, the amount…