Bowers v. Dickinson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Statement, of the case by GreeN, Judge : This was an action of ejectment brought in the Circuit Court of Kanawha, in May, 1887, by William Bowers and William K. Tompkins, against Mrs. Sally J. Dickinson and her six infant children defendants to recover a certain tract of land containing 1,532 acres 2 rods and 3 poles in Kanawha county, West "Virginia, about 19. miles above the city of Charleston, on the south side of the Kanawha river, and lying upon the waters of the Mile…
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Statement, of the case by GreeN, Judge : This was an action of ejectment brought in the Circuit Court of Kanawha, in May, 1887, by William Bowers and William K. Tompkins, against Mrs. Sally J. Dickinson and her six infant children defendants to recover a certain tract of land containing 1,532 acres 2 rods and 3 poles in Kanawha county, West "Virginia, about 19. miles above the city of Charleston, on the south side of the Kanawha river, and lying upon the waters of the Mile Branch of Kelley’s creek and Laurel Fork of Witcher’s creek. The declaration contained three counts. The first was in the…
1Opinion of the Court
GreeN, Judge :
Before considering the questions involved in this case I will state a few undisputed propositions of law applicable to tenants in common and to the legal effect of partition between them, whether made by themselves or the court; as a distinct understanding of the law, which controls the parties having such relation to each other, will enable us the better to interpret the decrees and proceedings in the chancery suit for partition referred to in the statement of the case, which must be interpreted, before we can decide certain very important points involved in some of the…
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