Smith v. Owens
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Bill by Henry L. Smith and others against J. 1). Owens and others. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendant Owens-appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, President:
Elizabeth A. Starkey, wife of John T. Starkey, owned in 1884 two tracts of land adjoining each other on Stouts Run in Wetzel county — one called in the record the “Lauck 14 acre tract,” containing 28 acres, conveyed to her by R. W. Lauck and wife in 1881; the other called the “Peterson 50 acre tract,” lying directly north of the first, purchased by her of George Fox in 1879. On February 28, 1884, she and her husband conveyed to Sarah A. Lowe 5 acres of the Lauck tract, being a narrow strip on the western side *62thereof. As to the Peterson tract, title to the southeastern part…
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