Bugg v. Seay
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Fluvanna county in an action of ejectment. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error. ,
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The plaintiff in error instituted his action of ejectment to recover a tract of forty, acres of land. Upon the trial of the ■cause, there was a verdict and judgment for the defendant. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
One of the errors assigned is that the trial court ought to have .set aside the verdict of the jury because contrary to the law and the evidence.
The defendant did not offer any evidence to sustain his plea ■of not guilty. The plaintiff, in his declaration, referred to .and described the land which he sought to recover as “being the ■same land mentioned and…
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