Bryan v. Willard
West Virginia Supreme Court
"Writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Kanawha rendered on tlie 8th day of July, 1881, in an action of ejectment in said court then pending, wherein Joseph Bryan and others were plaintiffs, and John "Willard and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said plaintiffs. Hon. F. A. Guthrie, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of.
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"Writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Kanawha rendered on tlie 8th day of July, 1881, in an action of ejectment in said court then pending, wherein Joseph Bryan and others were plaintiffs, and John "Willard and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said plaintiffs. Hon. F. A. Guthrie, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the Court. 1. A junior inclusive grant confers.no title to the grantee to the land of prior claimants inside the boundaries of the…
1Judgment of the CourtSnyder, Judge
This was an action of ejectment brought in the circuit court of Kanawha county, on November 5, 1877, to recover five thousand acres of land situate in said county. The defendants disclaimed title to all of said land except about one thousand one hundred acres. An issue was joined on the plea of not guilty and tried by a jury which resulted in a verdict for the defendants. The court, on July 2, 1881, gave judgment for defendants on said verdict. On the trial the plaintiffs and defendants each requested an instruction to the jury. The court refused the instruction of the plaintiffs and gave…
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