Legal Opinion

Lemmon v. Scaggs

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 3, 1920Published

Appeal from Circuit Court, Wayne County. Suit by R. B. Lemmon against Fisher F. Scaggs. From a decree in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge:

The object of plaintiff’s bill is to remove as a cloud upon his title to lots numbered twenty-four (24) and twenty-five (25) in the town of Westmoreland, Wayne County, a certain tax deed, made by Sam J. Crum, clerk of the county court of said county, to the defendant Fisher F. Scaggs, dated December 12, 1917, recorded in Deed Book No. 105, page 375, which lots', the bill alleges, the sheriff of said county, on December 11, 1916, pretended to sell as deliquent for the non-payment of the taxes thereon for the year 1914, and at which sale the defendant Scaggs was the purchaser…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Devine v. WilsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Plaster v. HarmonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Wilkinson v. LinkousWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908

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