Davis v. Tebbs
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decreé of' circuit court of Loudoun county, rendered October 25, 1880, in the chancery cause therein pending, in which Samuel J. Tebbs was plaintiff and Alexander G. Davis was defendant.
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Appeal from decreé of' circuit court of Loudoun county, rendered October 25, 1880, in the chancery cause therein pending, in which Samuel J. Tebbs was plaintiff and Alexander G. Davis was defendant. The object of the suit was to have partition of a tract of 202 acres, one rood and thirty-five perches of land, situate in said county, near Aldie, and held by defendant under a deed executed by Thomas Triplett, dated December 20, 1852. Plaintiff claimed one-third of the land under the will of his grandfather, William Carr, deceased, which was.probated in Prince William county, Virginia, February…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff in the court below, the appellee here, filed his bill on the 20th of June, 1867, alleging that he was entitled to an undivided third interest in a certain tract of land, situate in the county of Loudoun, derived by him under the will of his grandfather, William Carr, senior, deceased, and which land was in the possession of the defendant, the appellant here. That under the then recent construction of the will by this court, in the case of Tebbs v. Duval, 17 Gratt. 349, Mrs. Betsy Tebbs, daughter of the testator and mother of the…
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