Ailes v. Hallam
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County. Bill by Milton E. Ailes and others against W. F. Iiallam and others. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE.
The decree complained of here enjoins the maintenance of gates upon certain private ways, and the correctness thereof involves the construction of a deed, and an inquiry as to a claim of a prescriptive easement or right to maintain them.
Near the towns of Bolivar and Harpers Ferry, in Jefferson county, on a high ridge between the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers certain lands owned by a corporation known as the President and Trustees of Storer College, and adjacent lands owned by individuals, were, some years ago, partially sold out in small tracts with a view to the location…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Rogerson v. ShepherdWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
- Boyd v. WoolwineWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
- Wooldridge v. CoughlinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
- Pickens v. StoutWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
- Camden v. McCoyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1900
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