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7 W. Va. 339

Hurst v. Hurst

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 27, 1874

West Virginia Supreme Court · decided 1874-02-27

An appeal, by tbe defendant below, from a judgment of tbe circuit court of Harrison county, rendered on tbe 12th day of October, 1870, in an action of ejectment therein pending wherein Shadrach Hurst was plaintiff and Gilbert L. Hurst was defendant. The only question passed upon here was as to the construction of a deed from the plaintiff to the defendant, and tbe estate conveyed thereby, aud what estate remained in the the grantor.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently June 1933

2 state decisions

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Decided 1874-02-27

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HaVMOND, PRESIDENT:

¶1This is an action of ejectment brought in the county of Harrison by the plaintiff, against the defendant, in which there was a final judgment rendered by the circuit court, in favor of the plaintiff, against the defendant. The final judgment from which the appeal in this cause is taken was rendered on .the 12th day of October, 1870. The cause was tried by the court in lieu of-a jury, by *341consent of tbe parties, and on the trial the defendant took an exception to the opinion, and rulings of court, which was signed, sealed and made a part of the record. The principles and points decided by this court during the present term in the case of Shadrach Hurst v. M. V. B. Hurst, infra, and fully cover all the principles and points arising upon the record in this case. And for the reasons given in the opinion of the Court in. that cause the judgment of ^he circuit court of the county of Harrison, rendered in this cause on the 12th day of October, 1870, is affirmed with costs and $30 damages to the appellee against the appellant.

The other Judges concurred.

¶2JudgmeNT Affirmed.

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