Scott v. Raub
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Albemarle county, rendered October 19tli, 1889, in a chancery cause, wherein Sarah E. Raub, a woman of color, was complainant, and Robert Scott was defendant. The decree being in favor of complainant, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
*722The ease is as follows : Sarah E. Ranh, the appellee, a woman of color, filed her hill in the said court against the appellant, Robert Scott, for partition of the real estate which had been held jointly by the defendant and his deceased brother, James Scott, who were the sons of Jesse Scott, deceased. The complainant claimed to be, as the only child of James Scott, deceased, entitled to the undivided one-half of the said land which had belonged to him. But the defendant denied that she was the legitimate child of said James Scott, and entitled to the said land as such, and claimed it all for…
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