Bare v. Williams
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge county pronounced October 9, 1902, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This was a suit in equity in the Circuit Court of Rockbridge county, brought by appellee, R. E. Williams, to enjoin appellant, Adam Bare, from entering upon the lands of the plaintiff, and breaking down his gates, and passing through his premises to the public road leading from Buena Vista to Lexington.
The case made by the bill is that, at the date of plaintiff’s purchase of the farm in question, it was completely inclosed by a fence, with no visible evidence of a road or way, public or private, through the land; that the metes and bounds called for by plaintiff’s deed do not indicate the…
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