Newberry v. Dutton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Dickenson county. Decree for the defendant. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The record shows that in September, 1903, Thomas Stone conveyed to Eoss Self, by deed duly recorded, a tract of land described by metes and bounds as containing one hundred and sixty acres. It further appears that afterwards, in September, 1904, Eoss Self, the grantee in the deed mentioned, instituted an action of ejectment against George W. Dutton and others to recover from them the fee simple of the same tract of land that the deed from Stone purported to convey to him. The declaration in ejectment describes the land as it is described in the deed from Stone to Self, and a» containing one…
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