Mitchell v. Williams
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Culpeper county, in an action of ejectment. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This writ of error is to a judgment in an action of ejectment wherein the only question involved was the true location of a boundary line between Mrs. Gertrude S. Williams, the plaintiff, and J. L. Mitchell, the defendant.
It appears that about the year 1888 the plaintiff sold to J. C. Gibson about fifty acres of land, it being a portion of a much larger tract owned by him, and put him in possession thereof, but no deed was made to him. After Gibson became the owner of this land some question arose- as to the exact location of the dividing line between himself and his vendor. In 1892 William…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Reusens v. LawsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Summerfield v. WhiteWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
3Cited by3 opinions
- Brunswick Land Corp. v. PerkinsonCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1926
- McClanahan's Administrator v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1916
- Whealton & Wisherd v. DoughtySupreme Court of Virginia · 1914