Miller v. Page
Court of Appeals of Virginia
On the 15th August, 1791; John Miller, the plaintiff, entered, by virtue of a warrant, for 1000 acres of the land in question, in the surveyor’s office of Buckingham county; and on- the 25th July, 1796, by virtue of another warrant, he entered in the same office for 300 acres more, the residue of the land in question. The first entry is in these words: “ Buckingham county, sc’t.
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On the 15th August, 1791; John Miller, the plaintiff, entered, by virtue of a warrant, for 1000 acres of the land in question, in the surveyor’s office of Buckingham county; and on- the 25th July, 1796, by virtue of another warrant, he entered in the same office for 300 acres more, the residue of the land in question. The first entry is in these words: “ Buckingham county, sc’t. August 15, 1791. No. 61. John Miller, assignee, &c. by warrant, &c. enters 1000 acres of the same, between the lines of Henry Cary, deceased, on both sides of Hatcher’s creek, beginning on the same.”- ' The second…
1Opinion of the Court
Tucker, Judge.
Carter Page entered a caveat in June 1797, against Miller in the district court for 1300 acres of land lying in Buckingham county, and assigned six reasons against the emanation of a patent. I shall pass over the first, and proceed to the second, reason assigned, viz: “ Because Miller’s entries are too vague, indefinite, and uncertain ; and are not made with the precision required by law.”
The law requires, that every person desirous of locating a land warrant on any particular waste and unappropriated lands, shall lodge the warrant with the chief surveyor of the county, and…
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