Lasher v. McCreery
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia
This Wins hill by Francis Lasher and others, trastees, against John W. McCreery and others, to remove a cloud upon the title to real estate by annulling certain deeds made by the commissioner of school lands in Wyoming county, W. Ya.
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, District Judge.
The bill alleges that the tract of land in controversy in this case is a portion of two grants of land issued by the commonwealth of Virginia in 1795 to Robert Morris, one for 820,000 acres and the other for 480,000 acres. The evidence discloses a chain of title from the grantee down to Henry Cramond, who acquired the lands by deed from the heirs of Thomas Astley on the 10th day of December, 1840. It appears that the two tracts of land became forfeited in the name of Henry Cramond to the state of Virginia for the nonpayment of taxes thereon prior to the year 1842, and…
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