Blackford v. Hurst

By the 4th section of the act amending the charter of Lynchburg, passed December 8, 1866 (Acts 1866-’7, p. 460), jurisdiction is given to the court of Hustings for the said city, “not only within the corporate limits of said city, but also for the space of one mile without and around said city.” .On the 31st of July 1869, Thomas L. Johnson, S. W. Younger, and John T. *Smith, who were partners constituting the firm of Younger & Co., executed a deed of trust, conveying, with other property situated and being within the corporate limits of the city of Lynchburg, a lot of four acres of land lying…