Hornage v. Imboden
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Fayette County. Bill by George Homage and others against G. W. Em-boden and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, President:
Six tracts of land, in all six hundred and thirty-six acres, were sold in 1897 for taxes for 1895 and 1896, in Fayette county in the name of Gersham Bulkiest and purchased by G. W. Imboden and J. R. Koontz, and George Homage and H. Y. J. Swain, claiming as owners of the land under Bulk-ley, brought a chancery suit to set aside the tax deed made under said tax sale, and the court haying dismissed the bill Homage and Swain appeal.
One ground of assault upon the tax deed is, that the sheriff did not make out and swear to the delinquent lists before the first Monday in June as…
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