Virginia Coal & Iron Co. v. Kelly
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Wise county, pronounced April 10, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellee was the defendant. 0
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
In 1855 a patent was issued hy the Commonwealth to one Henry H. Horton for 134 acres of land on Pigeon Creek, and in November, 1863, he conveyed the land to Lawson W. Vance, who took and held possession thereof until his death. He left a widow and two infant sons as his heirs at law. They remained a year or so on the land, when his widow removed to the west, taking the children with her, and leaving the land in charge of J. M. Clarkston, who, in consideration of the rent to be received therefrom and certain property left with him for the purpose, was to pay taxes on the land.
Clarkston never…
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