Thomas v. Stuart's Ex'or
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Russell county, pronounced November 11, 1893, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants. This was a suit in chancery instituted in the Circuit Court of Russell county, by Sarah P. Thomas against William A. Stuart and others.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Russell county, pronounced November 11, 1893, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants. This was a suit in chancery instituted in the Circuit Court of Russell county, by Sarah P. Thomas against William A. Stuart and others. The object of the suit was to have dower assigned to the complainant in certain lands of which her husband, T. P. Thomas, -was seised during the coverture; to have certain clouds removed from the title of other lands claimed by her; and to have an account taken of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The appellant, Sarah P. Thomas, united with her husband on the 12th day of March, 1873, in a deed conveying to William Alexander Stuart a tract of land lying in the county of Bussell, containing 319 acres. The grantee and those claiming under him, have owned and possessed the land continuously since that time.
On the first day of June, 1890, appellant filed her bill in the Circuit Court of Bussell county, setting forth the death of her husband, and claiming that she was the owner in fee-simple of 175 acres of the said 319-acre tract of land, and that she was entitled to dower rights in the…
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