Hunter v. Hall
Court of Appeals of Virginia
This was an appeal from the High Court of Chancery, where Adam Hall brought a bill against Hunter and others, stating, that Terence Popejoy had made an entry, with the Surveyor of Hampshire County, for 400 acres of land, lying in the said county, in the following words: “December 17th, 1783, Terence Popejoy entered 400 acres of land, adjoining the land of Ah.
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This was an appeal from the High Court of Chancery, where Adam Hall brought a bill against Hunter and others, stating, that Terence Popejoy had made an entry, with the Surveyor of Hampshire County, for 400 acres of land, lying in the said county, in the following words: “December 17th, 1783, Terence Popejoy entered 400 acres of land, adjoining the land of Ah. Keykendall, deceased; also, four hundred acres on the South Branch, adjoining Lord Fairfax’s land, at the mouth of Mill Creek.” That Popejoy, afterwards, having got a copy of the said entry from the Surveyor’s books, assigned the entry…
1Opinion of the Court
ROANE, Judge.
The appellants in this cause having a legal title to the land in question, by virtue of the patent of the 2d November, 1789, that title ought not to be divested, unless the Court should be of opinion, that, under the equitable circumstances of his case, the claim of the appellee is paramount.
This position necessarily brings into comparison the claims of the two parties; and, unless that of the appellee should be deemed preferable, it would be impertinent to enquire, whether, by any agreement stated or proved in the case, or by the act of 1779, independent of such agreement, the…
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