Griggs v. Brown
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Westmoreland county, in a proceeding to ascertain and designate the true boundary line between the parties. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants assign error.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Westmoreland county, in a proceeding to ascertain and designate the true boundary line between the parties. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants assign error. This is a proceeding which was instituted by the appellees as plaintiffs in the court below by petition exhibited against the appellants to have ascertained and designated the true boundary line or lines between certain coterminous land of the parties under the statute in such case made and provided. The parties will be hereinafter referred to in accordance with their positions as plaintiffs…
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:
[1] There being no evidence in the case even tending to show any actual possession of any part of the land in controversy by the plaintiffs or any of their predecessors in title, as appears from the statement preceding- this opinion, the plaintiffs must rely upon their paper title to sustain their claim of ownership of such land.
Further: As also appears from said statement, there is a break in the chain of the plaintiff’s claim of paper title due to the fact that there is no evidence in the case of any…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Holleran v. MeiselSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- City of Richmond v. JonesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
- Sutherland v. GentSupreme Court of Virginia · 1914
- Virginia Coal & Iron Co. v. IsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
3Cited by9 opinions
- Bradshaw v. BoothSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
- Brunswick Land Corp. v. PerkinsonCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1926
- Gutshall v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
- Swanenburg v. BlandSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- Huffman v. MillsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1948
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