Shiflet v. Dowell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Richmond. Decided at Wytheville. Error to judgment of circuit court of Greene county, rendered at its June term, 1891, in an action of ejectment, wherein James Dowell was plaintiff and Stinton Shiflet and wife were defendants. The judgment being adverse to them, they brought the case here on error. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
FaüNTLEROY, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*746The declaration charged that the said defendants unlawfully withheld from him, the said James Dowell, the possession of a tract of land in the county of Greene, in Virginia, containing 114J acres, and described the said tract by metes and bounds. The defendants appeared and filed their plea of not guilty, and issue was joined thereon. A trial was had before a jury and a verdict rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the said tract of 114J acres of land as follows: “We, the jury, upon the issue joined, find for the plaintiff that he is entitled…
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- Hawley v. TwymanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1874
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