Bailey v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Sussex county in which appellees were allowed to file their petition. Decree in favor of petitioners and against the complainants. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
This suit was instituted in June, 1902, hy Peter Bailey and others to obtain partition and division in kind, or a sale and *506division of the proceeds, of a tract of 114 acres of land of which Oheeseman Hargrave died seized and possessed. The original papers in the case have been destroyed, but it satisfactorily appears that the partition was sought upon a claim of title through Hargrave’s alleged next of kin, Bob Bailey, who was the father of all the parties to the suit except Louisiana Johnson and Alice Roberts. The two parties last named were not related to the others and seem to have been…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pillow v. Southwest Virginia Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Morgan v. HaleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
- Litz v. RoweSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
- Preston v. Virginia Mining Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1907
- Board of Supervisors v. VaughanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
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