Smiley v. Provident Life & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county in an action of ejectment setting aside a former judgment for the plaintiff on the application of one of the defendants. To the judgment awarding said defendant a new trial the plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court *788of Augusta county, awarding a new trial to one of the defendants in an action of ejectment theretofore pending and determined in that court.
The action was brought by plaintiffs in error in March, 1897, against the defendant in error (The Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia), the Virginia Iron Investment Company, J. Harry Lee, and Stephen Lee to recover 26 48ths interest in a tract of land situated in Augusta county, known as the “Bare Ore Bank” or the “Bare Bank Property.” Several years prior to the institution of the…
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