MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellees, who were the plaintiffs below, are the children and heirs at law of Allen T. Caperton, who, the bill alleged, was seized and possessed at the time of his death of an estate in fee in various tracts of land in West Virginia which are fully described in the pleadings.
The appellants, who were defendants below, assert ownership of the same lands.
The object of the present suit —...
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