Johnston v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Wise county pronounced January 26, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellants were the complainants, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
It appears from the record that on January 30, 1796, the Commonwealth of Virginia issued a ° patent to Nathaniel Taylor, Nathan Fields, and John Johnson, all non-residents of the State, granting to them a tract of land containing sixty-two thousand acres, situated, at the time of the grant, in Lee county, the larger part of the tract being now located in Wise county.
The entries and surveys for this patent had been made in 1795, and before the patent was formally issued, to-wit, on January 1, 1796, Nathan Fields conveyed to Nathaniel Taylor all of his right, title, and interest in the tract of…
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