Legal Opinion

Hyson v. Dodge

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 11, 1957No. Record 4615PublishedCited by 10 opinions

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1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, C. J.

Mary K. Hyson, Edward Kelley, Jr. and Rufus Kelley, appellants in this court, respondents in the lower court, seek by this appeal to reverse a decree declaring that they have no title or interest in a certain 15 acre tract of land lying in White Chapel Magisterial District, Lancaster county, Virginia.

Both appellants and appellees, L. Purnell Saunders, Clarence C. Dodge and Jessie P. Dodge, trace their title back to John A. Kelley who died intestate on June 11, 1922, seized and possessed of the land in question. He was survived by his wife, Georgia Kelley, one sister, Sarah E. Williams, a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. WalkerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
  2. Hannon v. HounihanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1888
  3. Thomasson v. WalkerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
  4. Lynchburg Perpetual Building & Loan Co. v. FellersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1898
  5. Phillips v. WellsCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1926

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  4. Bacigalupo v. FlemingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1958
  5. Sabo v. HorvathAlaska Supreme Court · 1976

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