Briggs v. Watkins
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Court of Law and Chancery of the city of Norfolk. Decree for defendants. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The facts out of which this litigation arises are as follows: In March, 1907, E. A. Watkins & Bros., defendants below, dealers in and manufacturers of lumber in the city of Norfolk, Va., owned, by purchase made in February, 1906, all of the standing timber within a certain boundary composed of two adjoining tracts of land, lying in the Dismal Swamp'section, Pasquotank county, N. C., known, respectively, as the Benj. Jones patent, containing 1,280 acres, and the Thomas Forehand patent, containing 535 acres; and during the month of March, 1907, negotiations were begun between George S. Briggs,…
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