Schaubuch v. Dillemuth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Nottoway county in an action of ejectment. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This is an action of ejectment, in which the plaintiff claims title to the land in controversy through a conveyance from the defendant, made in the year 1870 to his father, Henry Schaubuch.
The documentary evidence establishes a good paper title in the plaintiff. The question upon the merits for our decision is whether that title has been lost or defeated by the exclusive possession of the land by the defendant for more than fifteen years.
The defendant introduced no evidence, but demurred to that of the plaintiff.
It appears from the evidence that the defendant had been in the exclusive…
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