Fry v. Stowers
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error -to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Bland county, rendered May 11, 1898, in an action of ejectment, wlierein tlie defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This is an ordinary action of ejectment. The land in controversy is an interlock of grants. The plaintiff claims under a grant from the Commonwealth to Daniel Bobinett in the year 1803, and the defendant under three grants from the Commonwealth to James Devor, dated respectively in 1820, 1840, and 1842.
It appears that the plaintiff has been in the actual possession of the land embraced in the patent under which he claims for many years, having cleared and cultivated a large part thereof. It further appears that while the plaintiff was thus in the actual possession of the land covered by the…
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