Rich v. Braxton
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA. The case'is stated in the opinion. ,
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
' The appellees, who were the plaintiffs below, are the children and heirs at law of Allen T. Caperton, who, the bill alleged, was seized and possessed at the time of his death of an estate in fee in various tracts of land in West Yirginia which are fully described in the pleadings.
The■ appellants, who were defendants below, assert owner-' ship of the same lands.
The object of the present suit — which was removed from one of the courts of West Yirginia — was to obtain a decree annulling the deeds under which the defendants claim title, and thereby remove the cloud created by them on the title…
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