Buchanan Co. v. Adkins
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Abingdon. Suit in equity by the Buchanan Company against Jane Adkins and 725 others. Decree dismissing bill on demurrer, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit Judge.
The complainant, a corporation of the state of West Virginia, filed this bill against the defendants, 726 in number, citizens of the state of Virginia, alleging that complainant is the owner in fee simple of a tract of 146,109J4 acres of land, in the county of Buchanan, state of Virginia, conveyed to it by W. D. Dennis, county clerk of that county, and C. W. Tebault and wife, by deed dated February 25, 1905, which gives the metes and bounds of the tract; that it was such part of a patent from the commonwealth of Virginia to Richard Smith and Henry Banks, dated November 16,…
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