Nowlin v. Burwell
Supreme Court of Virginia
At the August term 1874 of the county-court of Patrick county. Spencer F. Nowlin, assignee of G. H. Ashworth, presented to the court a plat and certificate of a tract of three hundred and seventy-two acres of land, lying on Russell’s creek in said comity, assessed in the name of Lucinda Barker, and sold in her name on the 30th of September 1860, by Rufus Turner, sheriff of said county, for the non-payment of taxes due thereon, and purchased by the said G. H. Ashworth at said…
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At the August term 1874 of the county-court of Patrick county. Spencer F. Nowlin, assignee of G. H. Ashworth, presented to the court a plat and certificate of a tract of three hundred and seventy-two acres of land, lying on Russell’s creek in said comity, assessed in the name of Lucinda Barker, and sold in her name on the 30th of September 1860, by Rufus Turner, sheriff of said county, for the non-payment of taxes due thereon, and purchased by the said G. H. Ashworth at said sale. And thereupon William A. Burwell, a claimant of the legal title to said land, appeared and opposed the motion to…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
' The court is of opinion, that the order of *277the county court entered at the August term, 1874, directing the plat and certificate of survey presented by the appellant Spencer F. Nowlin, to be recorded, is plainly right. The bill of exceptions show that the appellee William A. Burwell was the claimant of the legal title to the tract of three hundred and seventy-two acres — the subject of controversy — but it does not show that he was the owner of said land, or that he was the heir or assignee of such owner, or that he had . a right to charge such land with the payment of a debt. The judgment…
2Cited by1 opinion
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