The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-16
CEDAR WORKS CASE SUBMITTED
Argued IN the United States Circuit
Court of 4 ppcals Yesterday.

Argued in the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals Yesterday.
The United States Circuit Court of APP
peals reconvened yesterday morning at ~
O'Clock, with Judges Golf, Simonton and
Waddil on the bench. The proceedings
were as follows:
No. 354-William A. West. appellant, vs.
East Coast Cedar Company, and Rich
mond Cedar Works, appellee: appear
from the Circuit Court of North Carolina.
at Raleigh. Argued by Thomas b.
Womack for appellant and by =. T.
Aydlett for. appellees. and submitted
In this appeaI West, interviewer from
n decree in partition, entered in suit OF
equity brought by the East Coast Cedar
Company against the Richmond Cedar
,, Works West claimed an interest in the
lands, and was permitted to intervene.
! The tract of land In question is known
as the McRae patent, and contains $3.50
acres and was a grant issued to John
Gray Blount in 1855. AS far as appears
in this action. and in fact. the valid
paper title, except as affected by the
estoppel Of the judgment of Skies VS..
Roper is vested in those claiming under
Blount. Their heirs of John Gray Biount,
except Charles L. Stickley, conveyed their
interest to B. F. Skies in 1873; 3. f. Skies
conveyed to Baird, Roper & Co. and by
various mesne conveyances the John l..
Roper Company held the land in 1855,
and by successive conveyanceS the land
is now vested in the various New York
!; and Pennsylvania owners and the East
Coast Cedar Company as tenants in conf
mon.
In 1884 several actions were brought
one by w. NJ. Hawkins against Richmond
Cedar Works. the other by Richmond
Cedar Works against Hawkins; Archibald
and others. to determine the title of the
..McRae patent" The various cases were
consolidated in the name of Hawkins VS..
Cedar Works and referred to H. G. Con-
nor BY the report of the referee filed in
that action the original McRae patent
was found divided into northern and
southern parts. The referee found that
Jarvis & Walker acquired perfect title
to the northern half by actual possession
The plaintiff East Coast Cedar Company,
represented eleven-siHteenths: the R!ei.-.
mond Cedar Works three sixteenths. and
one Caroline Walker two-sixteenths. As
Caroline Walker, owner of two SiNteerthS,
was not a party to the action of Haw-
kins VS.. Cedar Works, and asserted no
claim in that action, the two-sixteenshS
part which Referee Conner found to be-
long to her was divided between the
: Richmond Cedar Works and the East
, Coast Cedar Company. In 1898 the East
Coast Cedar Company filed a bill in
equity against the Richmond Cedar
Works for the petition OF the McRae
patent. No objection was made to the
filing of the interplea of w. A. West, as
it was known that he was then the owner
OF a part of the Caroline Walker in
terest, and by the time his plea was filed
he had also acquired the title of II. W.
West. and thereby the whole Caroline
Walker interest. When he had obtained
an entrance in the case he attempted to
set up not only his title to the Eacc:il.
Walker interest, or two-thirdS of it. ft.:s
also an additional interest CLAIMED ~.
der conveyanceS from the heirs of Si,.,i
Sprull.
No. 35s-D. C. T. Davis, Jr.. plaintiff III
error, vs. a. E. Johnson, ct al, defendant
in error. in error to the Circuit Court OF
West Virginia, at Charlest ton. Argued
by G. c. Watts and John II. Holt for
the plaintiff in error, and by John Osborn
! for the defendant in error. and submitted
The following attorneys were admitted
to practice in this court: Thomas 3.
Womack. of Raleigh. N. c., E. F. Aydlet
of Elizabeth City. n. c.; and John Os-
borne, of Union, W. Va.
The court then adjourned until this
morning at 10 o'clock.
Orders of adjudication and reference
were entered in the matters of John
Hobbs, Bate and Nelson Williams, Jr.,
banllrupts
Applications for discharge were filed in
the matters of John T. Terrell and Sol
J. Binswanger and notice thereon entered.
R.oT. Lacy. executed bond as trustee
in the penalty. of s1.c0o in the matter Of
George Med. Blake, bankrupt.