Shanks v. Calvert Mortgage & Deposit Co.

Appellees filed a bill against appellants in the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk, the essential object of *240which was to enjoin the defendants from prosecuting an action of ejectment pending in that court against the plaintiffs to recover a parcel of land designated as lot No. 24. From a decree granting the relief prayed for this appeal was allowed.

The controversy here involved, in various aspects, has three times received consideration by this court. A history of the case in outline is as follows: By deed of settlement bearing date March 2, 1871, Issac R. Hunter conveyed to a trustee for…