Murrell v. Diggs
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment, of circuit court of city of Lynchburg, rendered May 19th, 1887, in an action of ejectment wherein the defendant in error, J. 8. Diggs, was plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error, Fauntleroy Murrell, was defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff, defendant in error here, claimed title under a deed from John H. Lewis, trustee, dated December 15, 1886. The plaintiff purchased the premises in controversy at a public sale thereof made by the said Lewis, trustee, under a certain deed of trust dated November 18, 1881. The last-mentioned deed, which was introduced as evidence at the trial by the plaintiff, has annexed to it two certificates, signed by A. G. Waugh, notary public, and in the form prescribed by the statute, certifying that on the said 18th day of November, 1881, the…
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