Phillips v. Dulany
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Alexandria county. Decree for the complainants. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
The appellees, H. R. Dulany, Prank Lyon and R. W. Moore, filed their bill under Virginia Code 1904, chapter 114, against the appellant, R. H. Phillips and R. A. Phillips (who died since the final decree), to compel partition of five and three-fourths acres of land in Alexandria county, Va., owned by the parties as tenants in common. The appellees owned one-third of the land and the Phillipses . two-thirds.
The first assignment of error is to the court’s action in overruling the demurrer to the bill.
In addition to the usual allegations, the bill set forth that certain lessees claimed possession…
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