Pocahontas Tanning Co. v. St. Lawrence Boom & Mfg. Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Pocahontas County. Bill by the Pocahontas Tanning Company against the St. Lawrence Boom & Manufacturing Company and others. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BobiNson, Judge:
' A tract of 2302 acres of mountain land was conveyed by Holt and Mathews to McGraw, November 10, 1897, the deed for which was recorded Pebruaiy 9, 1898. The grantors covenanted to warrant generally the title, and that they had a right to convey. The deed contains this clause: “But the pine & hemlock timber -which are or were on this land are *687now hereby conveyed, as they were sold many years ago and were probably long since cut and removed-.” It later developed that there was an outstanding interest in this tract of land, held by the heirs of McCarty, deceased, as far as the…
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