Masters v. Varner's ex'ors
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a writ of right brought in the Circuit Court of Fayette, by Charles Clendennin and Daniel Baltzell, executors of ¡Sarah W. Varner deceased, against George Masters. On the trial the demandants introduced in evidence a patent, bearing date the 15th of November 1791, from the Commonwealth to Joseph Carrol and William Morris, for five hundred and fourteen acres of land, and sundry mean conveyances down from the patentees to John Rosebrough.
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This was a writ of right brought in the Circuit Court of Fayette, by Charles Clendennin and Daniel Baltzell, executors of ¡Sarah W. Varner deceased, against George Masters. On the trial the demandants introduced in evidence a patent, bearing date the 15th of November 1791, from the Commonwealth to Joseph Carrol and William Morris, for five hundred and fourteen acres of land, and sundry mean conveyances down from the patentees to John Rosebrough. And they then offered in evidence a copy of a decree from the late District Court of Chancery in Lewisburg, and a deed by the marshal alleged to have…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The demandants, to sustain their title, offered in evidence a patent from the Commonwealth for the land claimed, and sundry conveyances deducing the title from the patentee to John Rosebrough; and then offered in evidence a copy of a decree frota the late District Court of Chancery in luewisbnrg, and a conveyance by the marshal alleged to have been made in pursuance of the decree. To the reading of the decree and conveyance of the marshal the tenant objected, because the record of the proceedings in the cause in which the decree was rendered, was not produced. The objection was overruled and…
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