Attkisson v. Moore

Lucy Moore instituted a suit in equity to remove a cloud upon her title to five acres of land lying in Henrico county, claimed to be owned by her. The alleged cloud arose by reason of a tax deed, executed by the clerk of the circuit court of that county, which conveyed the land to Laura Attkisson, who was the assignee'of John B. Gayle, trading as the Tax Title Company of Richmond, he, Gayle, joining in the execution thereof.

We deem it well to recite the facts in some detail which will show a history of the transaction. Thomas Manuel, a colored man, of Henrico county died in 1917, seized and *646po…