Legal Opinion

Beach v. Bellwood

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 15, 1905PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Bichmond in a suit in chancery. Decree for the complainant. Defendants Beach and Short appeal. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtOaRdwell, J.

The facts out of which this controversy arises are as follows: Appellee, complainant in the court below, James Bell-wood, was in the early part of 1898 the owner and occupant of a large farm, situated in Chesterfield county, immediately on the Petersburg turnpike, about seven or eight miles from the city of Manchester, and between appellee’s farm and the city of Manchester there is a tract of 435 acres, then owned by one George A. Madill, of St. Louis, Mo., which latter tract will bo spoken of here, as in the record, as the Madill tract. The Madill tract fronts about one mile upon the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Towner v. Lucas' ex'orSupreme Court of Virginia · 1857
  2. Slaughter v. SmitherSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
  3. Mauzy v. SellarsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1875

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Whitaker & Fowle v. LaneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
  2. Holland v. VaughanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1917
  3. Bibb v. American Coal & Iron Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1909
  4. Branch v. Richmond Cold Storage, Inc.Court of Appeals of Virginia · 1926
  5. Charles v. CharlesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920

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