Ashbrook v. Bailey

This is a suit in equity in the Circuit Court of Chesterfield county, brought by the appellant, F. S. Ashbrook, against the heirs at law of J. H. Bailey, deceased, and certain descendants of Thomas Ashbrook, deceased, to declare null and void a tax deed, purporting to convey the legal title to the 198 acres of land in controversy to the Bailey heirs, and to set aside the deed as constituting a cloud on the true title to the land and to partition the same among the parties entitled thereto. From a decree dismissing the bill this appeal was granted.

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