Pownal v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Virginia
Ejectment, in the circuit court of Hampshire, in the name of Richard Goodtitle lessee of Thomas Taylor against John J. Fownal. A special verdict was returned, whereby the jury found— 1. That John Fownal senior was the owner of the tract of land in controversy, and being seized thereof in fee, on the 7th of March 1817 conveyed it by deed to John Fownal junior of George, who resided upon the land, as did the grantor; which deed was duly recorded.
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Ejectment, in the circuit court of Hampshire, in the name of Richard Goodtitle lessee of Thomas Taylor against John J. Fownal. A special verdict was returned, whereby the jury found— 1. That John Fownal senior was the owner of the tract of land in controversy, and being seized thereof in fee, on the 7th of March 1817 conveyed it by deed to John Fownal junior of George, who resided upon the land, as did the grantor; which deed was duly recorded. The deed was then found in hcec verba. The parties are John Fownal senior and John Fownal junior, the son of George. It recites that it has been…
1Opinion of the CourtStaward, J.
The deed from John Pownal senior to his nephew John conveyed the land therein mentioned to the grantee, and the provision of that deed by which it is declared that the property thereby conveyed should be subject nevertheless to the maintenance of the grantor and his sister Elizabeth, did not operate as a condition under which the grantor could, on the failure of the grantee to furnish the maintenance which he had stipulated to furnish to the grantor and his sister, lawfully reenter on the land and revest in himself the legal title therein. This and other provisions of the deed import no more…
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