Minnick v. Woods
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Patrick county in a caveat proceeding. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
The defendant in error having located a land offce warrant on 77 3-4 acres of land on the headwaters of Johnson’s creek, in Patrick county, as waste and unappropriated land, filed with the register of the land office the requisite papers and made application for a grant. The plaintiff in erro;by caveat, resisted the issuing of the grant on the following grounds: First, because at the time the survey was made the caveator was in actual possession of the land claiming the same under written color of title duly recorded, extending back for many years, and that the caveatee failed to give him the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Walton v. HaleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1852
- Harper & Weston v. Baugh & SeguineSupreme Court of Virginia · 1852
- Slocum v. ComptonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Hurley v. CharlesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
- Trotter v. NewtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1877
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- Noland Co. v. Nelson-Roanoke Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1987