Douglas Land Co. v. T. W. Thayer Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Washington county in an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for trespassing on plaintiff’s land and cutting trees thereon. Judgment for the plaintiff for $1,750. Defendants assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This case involves the location of the true dividing line between the lands of Mrs. Monroe and George Douglas, Jr., (predecessors in title respectively of the defendant in error, the T. W. Thayer Company, plaintiff in the lower court, and the defendant, the Douglas Land Company, the plaintiff in error), both of whom derived title from a common source—their father, George Douglas—as established by the commissioners and confirmed by the Circuit Court of Washington county in the suit to partition the lands of George Douglas, deceased, amongst his heirs.
The plaintiff brought an action of trespass…
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