Hollingsworth v. Sherman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Rockingham county, rendered April 25th, 1884, in certain actions of ejectment pending therein in the name of Emily Hollingsworth, plaintiff, against Jacob Funkhouser, defendant; same against Hiram Coffman and als.; same against'B. M. Rice and als.; same against Wm. H. Michael and als.; and same against John' W. Sherman and als.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Rockingham county, rendered April 25th, 1884, in certain actions of ejectment pending therein in the name of Emily Hollingsworth, plaintiff, against Jacob Funkhouser, defendant; same against Hiram Coffman and als.; same against'B. M. Rice and als.; same against Wm. H. Michael and als.; and same against John' W. Sherman and als. The plaintiff claimed a large boundary of land under a grant dated in 1795. The defendants, disclaiming as to the rest, set up title to eighteen and three-quarter acres, lying within that boundary, by adversary possession under a…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The plaintiff in error, claiming under a grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia to Levi Hollingsworth, dated Septem*670ber 17th, 1795—the Hollingsworth survey of 52,757 acres lying in the counties of Augusta and Rockingham, in the State of Virginia, and the county of Pendleton, in the State of West Virginia—on the 7th day of May, 1883, brought her actions of ejectment in the circuit court of Augusta county, wherein the said lands lie, which actions were subsequently removed to the circuit court of Rockingham county.
The defendants disclaimed title to any of the lands in the plaintiff’s…
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