Rhea v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of Washington, brought in August, 1870, by Zachariah Jordan against Wm. R. Rhea, to have partition of a tract of land which had been conveyed by William Chiles to said Jordan and.
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This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of Washington, brought in August, 1870, by Zachariah Jordan against Wm. R. Rhea, to have partition of a tract of land which had been conveyed by William Chiles to said Jordan and. Rhea, by deed bearing date-the 4th of January, 1842. Rhea insisted that he had purchased from Jordan his undivided moiety of the land and had paid him for it in full; that he went into-possession of the land in 1843 and had held it ever since, without any claim by Jordan, either of the land or the proceeds of it; and that he had made expensive improvements upon it,…
1Opinion of the Court
Moncure, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The court is of opinion that it appears from the pleadings and the proofs in this case, that at or about the time of the execution of the deed from William Chiles to the plaintiff', Zachariah Jordan, and the defendant, William R. Rhea, bearing date on the 4th day of January, 1842, and duly admitted to record in the clerk’s office of Washington county on the 6th day of that month, of which deed an official copy, marked, “Exhibit A,” is filed with the plaintiff’s bill, there was a parol agreement entered into by and between the said Jordau and…
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