Legal Opinion

Dennis v. Justus

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 20, 1913PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Buchanan county. Decree for the complainants. Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Keith, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

For the purposes of this case the averments of the bill may be stated as follows: That Daniel Blankenship was the owner of a tract of sixty acres of land, in the county of Buchanan, which he conveyed by deed to one of the predecessors in title of J. L. Justus; that by intermediate conveyances from divers grantors the title to this land was vested in J. L. Justus, the father of complainant, who by his deed conveyed it to Melvin Justus and his brother, Ephraim Justus; and that by proceedings in a chancery suit this land was sold and conveyed to John…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Seefried v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
  2. Washington City Savings Bank v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Morris v. ScruggsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1927
  2. Bennett v. Clay County BankWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
  3. County Court of Harrison County v. Hope Natural Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Zinn v. KittleDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1937

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