Nelson v. Triplett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Culpeper county, rendered 9ttí June, 1883, in an action of ejectment, wherein Bushrod Triplett, trustee, was the plaintiff, and L. P. Nelson was defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
*237This was an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Culpeper county, brought in April, 1881, by Bushrod Triplett, trustee for his wife, Frances A. Triplett, and her children, Mary T. Cole, O. C. Cole and Stockton W. Cole, against L. P. Nelson.
At the trial the defendant, without offering any evidence on his own behalf, demurred to that introduced by the plaintiffs. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the court, upon the demurrer to evidence; and thereupon the court, having entered judgment for the plaintiffs, the defendant applied for and obtained a…
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