Cox v. Cox
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:
Prom the evidence in the case it is plain that the *318possession of the appellant was originally taken and held in subserviency to or in privity with the title of the appellee. This being true, it is well settled that the statute of limitations did not begin to run in favor of the appellant upon his claim of title to the property until the appellee had actual or constructive notice of such claim. Baber v. Baber, 121 Va. 740, 758, 94 S. E. 209; Creekmur v. Creekmur, 75 Va. 430; Reusens v. Lawson, 91 Va.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Reusens v. LawsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Creekmur v. CreekmurSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
- Hulvey v. HulveySupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Yellow Poplar Lumber Co. v. Thompson's HeirsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
- Baber v. BaberCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
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