Leath v. Watson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Nottoway county, rendered September 19th, 1891, in a suit in equity wherein Margaret A. Leath and Joseph E. Leath, her husband, the appellants here, were plaintiffs, and Meredith Watson and others were defendants. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*723The bill was filed by Mrs. Leath, in which her husband, Joseph E. Leath, was joined with her, praying, among other things, for an injunction. The bill states that shortly before the commencement of the suit two actions of ejectment were instituted in the same court by the defendant, Watson—one jointly against Mrs. Leath and her husband, to recover possession of certain premises upon which they reside, in the town of Burkeville ; the other against Joseph E. Leath, to recover a tract of 170 acres of land, situate in the same county. The prosecution…
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