Alvey v. Cahoon
Supreme Court of Virginia
Heard at Richmond. Decided at AVytheville. Error to judgment of circuit court of Matthews county, rendered in the action of ejectment brought by Cahoon and others, plaintiffs, against Alvey, defendant. The judgment being for the plaintiffs, the defendant brought the case here on writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lacy, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court..
*174The case is as follows: The defendants in error brought their action of ejectment in the said court for the recovery of the possession of the land in controversy, and a jury being mutually waived, the case was submitted to the court on the whole' question of law and fact, and a judgment rendered for the plaintiffs for their term yet to com.e in the lands, &c., and a writ granted to the sheriff to cause them to have possession of their term aforesaid.
The defendant applied for, and obtained a writ of error to this court, because there was a judgment…
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