Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Hall

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appellant, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, filed this action against S. R. Hall and wife, Lena, to recover possession of a small strip of land and to require the defendants to remove fences and buildings erected thereon. The' plaintiff set up its record title, acquired in 1947 and 1948 by deeds from Alec Hall and Will Hall. The defendants traversed the allegations of title and asserted a counterclaim, resting their rights upon a deed from Clifton Hall dated July 1, 1952, and the contention that the parcels claimed by the plaintiff had not been included in the…