King v. Norfolk & Western Railroad
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Washington county, rendered February 4, 1892, in the chancery cause wherein the appellant, Joseph L. King, was complainant, and the Norfolk and Western railroad company was defendant. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
By a deed dated 18th of June, 1848, James King conveyed to the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company a parcel of *211land, 870 feet wide, and 1500 feet long, which said length, the evidence shows, was three times the length that the said James King’s ownership and right to convey exteuded, and ran the distance of 1000 feet into the lands of S. E. Goodson, the coterminous land owner. This deed was acknowledged June 18, 1848, and was recorded December 31, 1857. The land conveyed by the said deed is described in said deed as “ a parcel of land containing about ten acres, and lying on the line of…
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