Legal Opinion
Whitlock v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 15, 1891PublishedCited by 21 opinions
Appeal from decree of chancery court of city of Richmond, rendered February 7th, 1889, in a cause entitled “ Johnson et al. against Whitlock et al.” The decree being adverse to the complainants, they appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Hinton,
J., delivered the opinion of the court.
After a careful examination of this record, we find that the opinion of the learned chancellor, the late Hon. Edward H. Eitzhugh, who decided the case in the court below, and whose opinion is made a part of the record, so clearly expresses the views of this court that we adopt it as our own.
That opinion reads as follows :
“Prom the pleadings and evidence in this cause it appears that in June, 1853, Dr. Carter P. Johnson, the ancestor of the plaintiff, bought at a judicial sale the lots No. 25, 26 and 27, which are the subjects of this controversy.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Langyher v. Patterson & BashSupreme Court of Virginia · 1883
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3Cited by21 opinions
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