French v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Giles county, rendered March 14th, 1887, in a suit wherein "William Ii. French ivas complainant, and Jamos "W. Chapman was defendant. The object of the suit was to have a certain deed from the said Chapman and wife to said French, dated 27th day of April, 1872, so reformed as to embrace our moiety of a certain fifty-acre tract of land alleged to have been omitted, by mistake or otherwise, in drawing said deed.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Giles county, rendered March 14th, 1887, in a suit wherein "William Ii. French ivas complainant, and Jamos "W. Chapman was defendant. The object of the suit was to have a certain deed from the said Chapman and wife to said French, dated 27th day of April, 1872, so reformed as to embrace our moiety of a certain fifty-acre tract of land alleged to have been omitted, by mistake or otherwise, in drawing said deed. The case, as made by the bill, answer and exhibits, is as follows : The bill alleges fhat on the 27th day .of April, 1872, mutual deeds were…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
(after stating the case), delivered the opinion of the court.
The simple question for decision by this court is, did the circuit court err in holding, as it did by its decree, that the complainant, W. II. French, tailed to sustain the allegations in his bill; that the evidence did not establish any mistake in the deed from James W. Chapman to said French, hearing date the 27th day of April, 1872, and in dismissing said complainant’s bill V After a most careful scrutiny of all the facts disclosed by the record, we are clearly of the opinion that said decree is without error.
The contest here is…
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