Barley v. Byrd
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Bath county pronounced April 28, 1897, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellants were the complainants, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a hill filed in the Circuit Court of Bath county by Barley and others, who claim to be the owners of 11,000 acres of land located in Bath, Highland, Rockbridge and Augusta counties, granted in December, 1795, by the Governor of Virginia to Thomas Wilson, a title to which, it is alleged, by sundry intermediate conveyances, has become vested in the plaintiffs. It is averred that there is a cloud upon that title by reason of the loss of a certain deed from Thomas Wilson and wife to James Wilson executed some time between the 30th of December,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Van Gunden v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1892
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