Buck v. Ward
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Wythe county, pronounced September 18, 1897, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellants were the complainants, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This suit was instituted by W. W. Buck, W. A. Richmond, E. W. Peery, and S. A. Elannagan in the Circuit Court of Wythe county in August, 1895, and was removed to the Circuit Court of Smyth county, where it was heard and determined, the last *210named court overruling the demurrer of the defendants to the bill, but dismissing the bill upon a hearing of the cause on its merits, and an appeal was allowed complainants to this court.
The first question presented is one of jurisdiction raised by the demurrer.
The bill avers that B. B. Ward was the owner of a certain tract of land situated in Smyth…
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