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Glenn v. Augusta Perpetual Building & Loan Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 21, 1901PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta county pronounced June 22, 1901, wherein the Augusta Perpetual Building and Loan Co. was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants.

1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.

This is a controversy over the ownership of 20- acres of woodland, the extreme eastern portion of a farm situated in the county of Augusta near the city of Staunton, formerly known as “Belle Ponte.” The sole question involved is whether or not that tract was embraced in a deed of April 29, 1893, from Elder and Patrick, trustees^ to John Kroder.

Mrs. Elizabeth Y. Harman, being the owner of the “Belle Fonte” farm, which contained originally 359 acres and 30 poles, on September 24, 1884, sold and conveyed 65 acres, a part thereof, to John A. Harman, trustee.

A plat and survey, made a part of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Knick v. KnickSupreme Court of Virginia · 1880
  2. Grubb v. BurfordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
  3. Bank of Old Dominion v. McVeighSupreme Court of Virginia · 1879

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Buffalo Collieries Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Trigg Co. v. Bucyrus Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1905
  3. Deckert v. Chesapeake Western Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1903
  4. M. M. Rowe Co. v. WallersteinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  5. Shenandoah Land & Anthracite Coal Co. v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906

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