Welson v. Triplett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Culpeper county, pronounced June 24, 3899, on a petition filed by the appellee in the chancery causes of Triplett and Wife v. Bruce and Hopper, Guardian, v. Bowen, to which petition the appellant and another were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This cause is the sequel of the case of Nelson v. Triplett, Trustee, &c., decided by this court December 30, 3885, and re*422ported in 81 Va. 236. In that case Bushrod Triplett, trustee, and others, brought their action in ejectment in 1881 to recover of L. P. Nelson, appellant here-, the tract of land which is the subject of litigation in this suit. They obtained a judgment in the Circuit Court, but it w-as reversed and annulled by this court, and judgment given for the defendant, without prejudice to the plaintiffs to resort to a court of chancery if they should be advised to do so.
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