Coles' Heirs v. Jamerson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Buckingham county in an action of ejectment. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiffs assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This action of ejectment was brought by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant in error, John D. Jamerson, to recover 342 acres of land in Buckingham county, formerly the property of J. M. Coles, deceased, who was the ancestor of the plaintiffs (except T. H. Dickinson), and was bought by the defendant’s assignor at a sale for delinquent taxes, and is held by the assignee under a tax deed from the clerk bearing date February 10, 1896. There was a verdict and judgment for the defendant, to which judgment this writ of error was awarded.
The specific grounds of attack upon the title of the…
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