Massie v. Greenhow's Adm'r
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Four thousand acres of land in that portion of Amherst county out of which the county of Nelson was afterwards formed, were surveyed and taken up for Thomas Doswell and John-Drummond. In the year 1768, partition of this tract was made, and two thousand acres thereof were allotted to John and Henly Drummond, the heirs of their deceased father, John Drummond. In 1794, they sold and conveyed this tract to John Tyler.
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Four thousand acres of land in that portion of Amherst county out of which the county of Nelson was afterwards formed, were surveyed and taken up for Thomas Doswell and John-Drummond. In the year 1768, partition of this tract was made, and two thousand acres thereof were allotted to John and Henly Drummond, the heirs of their deceased father, John Drummond. In 1794, they sold and conveyed this tract to John Tyler. On the 16th June, 1796, Tyler conveyed the same to John Foster. On the 12th of January, 1799, Foster conveyed to Robert Young, but *this deed was not recorded. On the same day,…
1Opinion of the CourtTyber, J.
These causes have been argued at much length, and many questions discussed -which it is deemed unnecessary to decide, because we think, according to the plainest and best established principles of a court of chancery, admitting the equity of the appellees to have been ascertained by a decree of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, in 1817, that they have lost all right to enforce it against the appellants : Eirst, by laches and lapse of time, and, secondly, because the appellants are purchasers for valuable consideration, without notice.
It appears from the records in these cases,…
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