Foley v. County Court
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Doddridge County. Action by Tabitha 'J. Foley against the County Court of Doddridge County. Judgement for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, Judge:
Nathan Davis was the owner of a tract of land on which stands the town of West Union, the county seat of Doddridge County. Davis by deed datel 15th May, 1845, coirv^ed to the county court a lot or parcel of one acre out of this tract “for the purpose of erecting tlieron the necessary public buildings for the use of the said county.” Afterwards he laid out the town into streets and lots, and made a plat or diagram of the town numbering the lots, showing the lot so conveyed to the county and the'relative position of it and the streets and lots as to each other, which plat was…
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