Sommers v. Bennett
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Marion County. Bill by Martha M. Sommers and others against William G. Bennett and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MilleR, Judge:
Plaintiffs, as heirs of Gideon D. Camden, deceased, seek by their bill'to establish their right and title to one fourth of the residue of four several tracts of land, originally, in 1844, patented to one John Walden, but the legal title to which, for several years prior to his death, had been acquired by Jonathan M. Bennett, and since then held by his heirs and devisees; and also for an accounting by'said defendants of the rents and profits, and of the proceeds of the sales of various parts thereof, and for general relief.
By contract between Walden and Camden of August 4, 1843,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Justice v. LawsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
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- Newman v. NewmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
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