Turpin v. Saunders
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Floyd county, brought in December, 1873, by John Boothe Saunders against Walter C. Turpin, to recover a tract of land lying in that county.
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This was an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Floyd county, brought in December, 1873, by John Boothe Saunders against Walter C. Turpin, to recover a tract of land lying in that county. There were eight other actions by the same plaintiff against other parties pending in the same court at the same time, and involving substantially the same questions, and it was agreed that the same judgment should be entered in all the cases, and there should be but one appeal, and but one judgment of reversal or affirmation. Upon the trial the whole matter of law and fact was referred to the judge,…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought in the circuit court of Floyd county. Other actions of a similar character were instituted by the same plaintiff against other defendants in the same court, involving substantially the same questions, and it was agreed the same judgment should be entered in all the cases. Upon the trial, the whole matter of law and fact was referred to the presiding judge, who was of opinion the plaintiff was entitled to recover, and rendered judgment accordingly.
Both parties claim title under a’common grantor. It appears that in the year 1830, John Belden, being the…
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