Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Smoot Sand & Gravel Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1955No. 6964PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal in a land condemnation case. The controversy relates to the ownership of two and one-half acres of land, claimed on the one hand by Robert N. Anderson, Reginald B. Munson and Hope Ross Anderson, hereafter referred .to collectively as Anderson, and on the other by Smoot Sand and Gravel Corporation, hereafter referred to as Smoot. Both sides claim from a common source of title, one Richard Smith. Anderson claims through a conveyance made by Smith to one Simmons, August 31, 1842; Smoot, through a conveyance made by Smith to one Corcoran April 6, 1843 but…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Noonan v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1863
- United States v. State Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Ayers v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Richmond Cedar Works v. WestSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Robert N. Anderson, Reginald B. Munson, and Hope Ross Anderson v. Smoot Sand & Gravel Corporation, and United States of America, Matter of United States of America v. Certain Parcels of Land in County of Arlington, State of Virginia, and Howard W. SilsbyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955