Matney v. Yates
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Buchanan county. Decree for defendant. Complainant’s appeal. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
*509The appellants, John H. Matney and J. H. Stinson, filed an original bill, the particular allegations of which, so far as necessary for this statement, may be briefly and substantially set out as follows:
That Walter Matney and Richard Yates acquired jointly and in fee simple by grant from the Commonwealth two certain tracts of land in Buchanan county, containing respectively 241 and 166 acres; that subsequently, in the year 1879, these patentees made an oral partition whereby Walter Matney was allotted the 241 acres and Richard Yates the 166 acres, and the parties took possession of their…
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