Hannon v. Hannah
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a bill filed in the Circuit court of Mason county, by Samuel Hannah against John Hannon and others, to have partition of a tract of land of three thousand and eighty acres. There was a decree in accordance with the prayer of the bill. Whereupon the defendants applied to this court for an appeal, which was allowed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit court of Mason, making partition of a tract of land. The petition merely alleges, that the court erred in making partition, instead of dismissing the bill with costs; and there is no assignment of the particular errors complained of in the petition, nor has there been any such assignment at the bar. The court is thus left to grope its way in the dark, and to search through the whole record, to ascertain whether there is any error of which the appellants can complain. The bill was filed by the appellee, to obtain, partition of a tract of 3080…
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