Nickels v. Miller
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Wise county. Decree for complainant. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
Lucy A. Nickels complains of a decree directing the conveyance to M. J. Miller of one undivided sixth of a tract of land in Wise county, containing about 204 acres, which she inherited from her brother, Samuel L. Gray, who was killed in battle in April, 1865. His heirs at law were one brother and five sisters, one of whom is the appellant.
M. J. Miller has acquired by conveyance from Patrick Hagan the other five-sixths of the land, which is not in controversy here. She claims title under the same conveyance to the one-sixth which Lucy A. Nickels inherited from her deceased brother, and bases…
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