Legal Opinion

Leake v. Richardson

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 28, 1958No. Record 4776Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court 1

199 Va. 967 (1958)

SUE S. LEAKE, ET AL.

v.

FANNIE RICHARDSON, ET AL.

Record No. 4776.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 28, 1958.

R. Harvey Chappell, Jr. (Christian, Barton, Parker & Boyd; Norris, Richardson, Foster & Clarke, on brief), for the appellants.

C. Jackson Simmons and W. B. McLeod (Dunton, McLeod & Simmons, on brief), for the appellees.

Present, Hudgins, C.J., Eggleston, Spratley, Buchanan, Whittle and Snead,

1. To work a disseisin of the owner of land by adverse possession there must be shown acts of hostile, exclusive and continuous possession for the statutory period, and of such notoriety…

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2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Williams v. GreenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
  2. Stonestreet v. DoyleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
  3. Virginia Coal & Iron Co. v. HyltonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913
  4. Cornett v. RhudySupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
  5. Craig-Giles Iron Co. v. WicklineSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919

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