Walker v. Beauchler
Supreme Court of Virginia
ne 1854, John Beauchler, a German by birth, purchased of Luke Osborn a small tract of twenty-four acres of land, lying in the county of Alexandria, within some three or four miles of Georgetown, at the price of $850. Though the building upon the land was very small, Beauchler seems to have lived in it until 1861, when the late war haying broken out, and the union forces having taken possession of that part of the county, he removed with his family to Fairfax court-house.
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ne 1854, John Beauchler, a German by birth, purchased of Luke Osborn a small tract of twenty-four acres of land, lying in the county of Alexandria, within some three or four miles of Georgetown, at the price of $850. Though the building upon the land was very small, Beauchler seems to have lived in it until 1861, when the late war haying broken out, and the union forces having taken possession of that part of the county, he removed with his family to Fairfax court-house. In Jui Whilst Beauchler was living on the land, viz: on the 6th of June 1859, he conveyed it to Frederick W. Jones of…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
"Whatever may be the diversity of opinion in to the validity of acts done under the authority of the confederate government, there is one proposition, eertainly, as to which the courts are now generally agreed: that is, that the late war between the two sections was a civil war in the most literal and comprehensive sense of the term, and was attended by all the incidents and consequences of a war between independent nations. Having no common superior to judge between them, the two sections stood precisely in the same predicament as two nations who engage in contest and have recourse to arms.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Billgerry v. Branch & SonsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1869