Craig-Giles Iron Co. v. Brownlee
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke; Henry Clay, McDowell, Judge. Action by the Craig-Giles Iron Company against Mrs. Dee Brownlee and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
In this action of ejectment the plaintiff’s claim of title begins with an alleged grant from the state of Virginia to George Chambers, dated January 21, 1796. Jury trial having been waived, the court found on the evidence that the plaintiff had failed to prove the grant to Chambers. This finding wab fatal to the plaintiff’s claim, and judgment was entered in favor of the defendants, without consideration of the other defenses made by them.
[1] The plaintiff could produce no original grant, but introduced the record of the land office of Virginia, in which was copied as a…
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