Thompson v. Thompson

This is a ease of dual aspects. It first found its way into a court of law by means of an action of ejectment, but was subsequently wrested therefrom by a decree in a court of chancery, which came of the filing of a bill on the equity side of the court praying that the action of ejectment be enjoined and the rights of the defendant in the action at law be determined and adjudicated therein.

Prior to the year 1897, R. D. Thompson was the owner, or one of the joint owners, of a tract of land in Campbell county, Virginia, near Six Mile Bridge, located along the highway between Lynchburg and…