Mumpower v. Castle
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Washington county. Decree for complainants. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMS, J.,
after making the foregoing statement delivered the following opinion of the court:
The material questions presented for our decision by the assignments of error will be disposed of in their order as stated below.
1st. Was there a valid delivery of the deed of date October 1, 1894, which is involved in this cause, so as to make *10it effectual and operative as a deed of conveyance of the land mentioned therein and purported to be conveyed thereby?
We are of opinion that this question must be answered in the negative.
The supposed grantor, Wm, A. Castle, left among his papers at his death,…
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