Steinman v. Hagan

The essential facts of this case are these: On June 2, 1870, the appellee, Patrick Hagan, conveyed 264 acres of land situated in Wise county, Virginia, which included the 80 acres *564involved in this litigation, to Felix Campbell, by deed recorded September 5, 1870. On Jnne 3, 1870, Campbell, for tbe same consideration, reconveyed tbe identical land to Hagan, who withheld tbe deed from record until June 29, 1881. In tbe mean time, namely, on August 22, 1870, tbe attorney in fact for Campbell executed a title bond for tbe 80 acres to Anderson Wells, tbe bond reciting that it was in ratification…