Sutherland v. Gent
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Russell county in an action of ejectment. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendants assign error.
1Opinion of the Court
"Whittle, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant in error, Gent, filed his declaration in *785ejectment in the circuit court against the plaintiffs in error, W. H. Sutherland, Johnson Sutherland, Morgan Sutherland and George Ramey, to recover 267% acres of land situated in Russell county. The case was tried at January term, 1913, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Numerous exceptions were taken by the defendants to rulings of the court on evidence and instructions, and finally to the refusal to set aside the verdict as contrary to the law and the evidence.
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