Thomas v. Jones
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Culpeper county, pronounced November 2, 1898, in a suit in chancery, ■wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the. opinion of the court.
A tract of land owned by G-. Wallis Jones in the county of Culpeper was sold for non-payment of taxes, and purchased -by the State on the 17th of December, 1894. Two years having elapsed, one John D. Thomas filed an application and purchased it from the State, and on the 30th of April, 1897, the clerk of the County Court of Culpeper executed a deed to- him. On the third Monday in May, 1897, Jones filed a bill in the Circuit Court of Culpeper county, in which he states that this deed is invalid and void for a number of causes, which he proceeds to…
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