King v. West Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR. TO THE SUPREME COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OP WEST VIRGINIA. The facts are stated.ill the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These writs of error are taken in a suit by the State of West Virginia brought in May, 1894, for the sale of so much of a tract of 500,000 acres of land granted to Robert Morris in 1795 as is within the State and liable to be sold for the'benefit of the school fund. See State v. King, 64 W. Va. 545; Ib. 546, 584; Ib. 610. The constitution of the State provides as follows: “ It shall be the duty of every owner, of land to have it entered on the land books of the county in which it, or a part of it, is situated,’ and to cause himself to be charged with the taxes thereon, and pay the same. When…
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