Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Tomlinson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 22, 1932PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEpes, J.
This is a suit for partition which is here for the second time on appeal. See Griffin v. Tomlinson, 155 Va. 150, 154 S. E. 483.
James Tomlinson died intestate leaving eight children (Floyd Tomlinson, Elizabeth Lane, Thomas Tomlinson, Maudella Smith, Andrew Tomlinson, Amanda Griffin, Oma Qualls and Stella Qualls) and the children of a deceased son, General Tomlinson, as his heirs at law. At the time of his death he owned two tracts of land in Scott county, Virginia, the “Ridge Tract” containing about 154 acres, and ’ the “Home Place” containing about 205 acres.
The two tracts are not contiguous…
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