Leftwich v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
'Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond rendered November 10, 1900, in an action of ejectment wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
■Buchanan, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of ejectment brought by plaintiff in error to recover certain lands which he claimed in fee simple. In making out his case, he offered in evidence a deed executed September 28, 1858, by Robert Howard, clerk of the Hustings Court of the city of Richmond, to one Isaac 'A. Goddin, the assignee of James Sutton, who was the purchaser of the land in controversy at a sale for the non-payment of taxes due the State. The deed, when offered in evidence, was objected to upon the ground, among others, that it had never been properly…
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