Johnson v. Powhatan Mining Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a, decree of the Circuit Court of Culpeper county. ' Decree for defendants. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
The appellants filed their bill alleging fraud in the procurement of certain decrees which had been entered in previous suits, involving conflicting titles and rights in certain real estate in Culpeper county. The trial court decided all questions adversely to their contentions, dismissed the bill, and they are here complaining.
The pertinent facts leading up to the present litigation are these: Some time prior to 1899, the Powhatan Land and Mining Company (not the defendant company here) owned two tracts of land, one containing 500 acres and the other containing 499 acres, separated from each…
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