Craig-Giles Iron Co. v. Wickline
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Alleghany county, in an action of ejectment. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
This is an action of ejectment in which Craig-Giles Iron Company was plaintiff and W. A. Wickline and others were *226defendants. There was a verdict and judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff thereupon obtained this writ of error.
The plaintiff claims title under a grant issued in 1795 from the Commonwealth of Virginia to one Robert Young, for 15,000 acres. At the time of this grant the tract described therein was situate in the counties of Botetourt and Monroe in the State of Virginia, but owing to new State and county lines a portion thereof now lies in Monroe county, West Virginia, and…
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