Young v. Ellis
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from two decrees of the Circuit Court of Franklin county, pronounced respectively, May 19, 1892, and October 27, 1892, in a chancery suit wherein appellants were the complainants, and the appellee was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
By an indenture dated March 11, 1889, but executed July 8, 1889, and recorded in the clerk’s office of Franklin County Court, July 30, 1889, Armstead Young, Jr., and Abagail, his wife, appellants, in consideration of one dollar in hand paid,- and the covenants and agreements of J. D. Ellis, of Philadelphia, Pa., appellee, contained in the indenture, granted to Ellis “the right and privilege of entering upon” a tract of land belonging to Young’s wife, situated in Franklin county, Ya., containing seventy acres, and fully described, “ for the purpose of examining, testing, and searching' for…
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