Legal Opinion

Lagorio v. Dozier

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 13, 1895PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Argued at Richmond. Decided at "Wytheville. Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk, rendered October 31, 1893, in an action of ejectment wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error were the defendants.

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Argued at Richmond. Decided at "Wytheville. Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk, rendered October 31, 1893, in an action of ejectment wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error were the defendants. The plaintiff, in order to maintain the issue on his part, introduced in evidence the deed copied in the opinion, and the following agreed statement of facts: “The counsel on either side agree to the following state of facts: That Mahala II. Dozier, nee Jarvis, was divorced from her first husband, Wilson F. Dozier, in the year 1855;…

1Opinion of the Court

Keith, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk, rendered in an action of ejectment. The record discloses the following facts:

On the 31st of August, in the year 1860, a deed was entered into between Robert Rhea, of the one part, and Clement Hill and Mahala Hill, his wife, of the city of Norfolk, of the other part. The deed is as follows:

*502“This deed made this thirty-first day of August, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty, between Robert Rhea, of the city of Norfolk, on the one pait, and Clement Hill and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Creekmur v. CreekmurSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
  2. M'Clung v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
  3. Hannon v. HounihanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1888

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Brown v. HaleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
  2. Griffin v. Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Hulvey v. HulveySupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  4. Tapscott v. CobbsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
  5. Clark v. BeardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906

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