Legal Opinion
Davis v. Owen
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 12, 1907PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Bedford county. Decree for defendants. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The facts out of which this appeal arises are as follows: In the year 1873, Thomas T. Munford was seized and possessed of a boundary of real estate in the county of Bedford, Virginia, near Eorest, containing several hundred acres, and on the 3rd day of June of that year, Munford and wife executed a deed conveying to Edward S. Hutter and two others, as school trustees of Eorest District, a portion of said tract of land, for the purpose of building a public free school for the benefit of the colored people of that district. The deed conveyed to the trustees named a specified piece of ground,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thompson v. CamperSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
3Cited by5 opinions
- Christian v. BulbeckSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
- Thaxton v. BeardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1973
- Stuart v. MeadeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
- Schmelz Bros. v. QuinnSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
- Radford Veneer Corp. v. JonesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925