Chapman v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Madison county, pronounced September 26, 1891, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees the defendants. This was a bill filed to enjoin the sale of two tracts of land claimed by the complainant. The facts suificiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
This is a controversy between the owner of the equitable title and the holders of the legal title to certaiu lauds. Both claim uuder the same vendor.
The appellant, Bernard T. Chapman, claims the lands by *399right of purchase, the payment of all the purchase money, and the delivery to him of the possession in pursuance of his purchase, although the title to the lands has never been conveyed to him.
Long after he had acquired the said lands, his father, Thomas ~W. Chapman, from whom he claims, and in whom was the legal title, conveyed them, along Avith other lands belonging to him, to James Hay and…
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