Bradley v. Zehmer
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of the city of Manchester, rendered 6th February, 1885, in an action of ejectment, wherein Eliza Zehmer and others were plaintiffs and James F. Bradley and others were defendants. Judgment was for the plaintiffs, and the defendants, having excepted to various rulings of the court below, obtained a writ of error and supersedeas from one of the judges, of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The defendants in error instituted an action of ejectment against the plaintiffs, in error for the recovery of a certain lot situated in the city of Manchester. The plaintiffs recovered in the said action and the defendants brought the case here by writ of error. A brief statement of the facts are necessary, and the case is as follows:
In 1827, Charles Zehmer devised the real estate in question in the following language: “I lend to my son, Charles G. Zehmer all my real estate during his natural life, and give to his heirs and their heirs forever the said real estate with all and singular the…
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