Bolling v. Mayor of Petersburg
Supreme Court of Virginia
Robert Bolling brought a writ of right in the Superior Court of Petersburg, against the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the town of Petersburg, and filed his count tor ecover “ one tenement, containing 2-5th acres of land with the appurtenances in the town of Petersburg, and within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of Law aforesaid, and bounded by Boioden’s lumber house, on the west, by Appomattox river on the north. ” The tenants put in a plea according to the form…
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Robert Bolling brought a writ of right in the Superior Court of Petersburg, against the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the town of Petersburg, and filed his count tor ecover “ one tenement, containing 2-5th acres of land with the appurtenances in the town of Petersburg, and within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of Law aforesaid, and bounded by Boioden’s lumber house, on the west, by Appomattox river on the north. ” The tenants put in a plea according to the form prescribed by the act of Assembly; putting themselves “upon the assise,” and praying “ recognition to be made, whether…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Care,
delivered his opinion:
This is a writ of right. Robert Bolling, by his attorney, demands against the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the town of Petersburg, one tenement, containing two-fifths of an acre of land, with the appurtenances, &c. and bounded by Bowden’s lumber-house on the west, by Appomattox river on the north, &c. The count is in the form prescribed by the act of Assembly; the tenants have joined the mise on the mere right, and the jury have found a special verdict. They find, that in 1749, the father of the demandant was seised in fee of 300 acres, of which the land…
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