John R. W. Sterling v. Leroy J. Blackwelder and Mary Louise Blackwelder, His Wife, and P. David Sterling

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a decision of the district court adjudicating, inter alia, the respective interests of appellant and appellees 1 in Moorefield Farm, approximately one hundred and twenty four acres of land in Fairfax County, Virginia. We relate below only the facts found by the district court necessary to consideration of the specific issues on appeal. An exhaustive statement is contained in the unpublished opinion of the district court.

The district court found that Leroy Blackwelder and David Sterling had been associated since 1950 in numerous “building” ventures…