Sanford v. Sims

66 S.E.2d 495 (1951)

191 Va. 644

SANFORD et al.

v.

SIMS et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 5, 1951.

Nottingham & Somerville and H. C. DeJarnette, Orange, for appellants.

Shackelford & Robertson, Orange, for appellees.

Before SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.

BUCHANAN, Justice.

This case involves the question of ownership of a lot of land in the town of Orange as between the successors of the grantee in a deed and the devisees of the grantor under a reverter clause in the same deed. The appellants are the devisees of Joseph H. Johnson, who died in 1893. The appellees…