Harman v. Stearns
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Smyth county rendered December 14, 1894, in an action of ejectment wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
EranMin Stearns instituted an action of ejectment against William H. Harman, defendant, for the recovery of a tract of land. When the case came on for trial upon the defendant’s plea of “not guilty,” a jury was waived, and all matters, both of law and fact, by consent of counsel, were submitted to the court, which, after hearing the evidence, entered a judgment for the plaintiff for the premises in the declaration mentioned.
*60The plaintiff’s claim of title is deduced from Robert Morris, who, in May, 1794, obtained a grant from the Governor of…
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