Allen v. Powers

Myrtle Kirby Allen filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Gloucester County on August 4, 1951, for the purpose of establishing the boundary line between her land and the contiguous land owned by William P. Powers and others. The petition was filed pursuant to section 8-836, Code of Virginia, 1950.

Mrs. Allen alleges that the line sought to be established is the northern line of her property and the southern line of the land “owned by William F. Powers and U. P. Powers, his wife, for their joint lives, then to the survivor for life, with the remainder to William Malvern Powers.”

Admittedly,…