Virginia & Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. v. Fields
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wise county, rendered September 19, 1891, in an action of ejectment, wherein the defendants in error were the plaintiffs, and the plaintiff in error and othsrs were the defendants. This is an action of ejectment instituted in the Circuit Court of Wise county by Aaron H. Hash against James Wright. Both the plaintiff and the defendant died pending the action and the suit was properly revived.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wise county, rendered September 19, 1891, in an action of ejectment, wherein the defendants in error were the plaintiffs, and the plaintiff in error and othsrs were the defendants. This is an action of ejectment instituted in the Circuit Court of Wise county by Aaron H. Hash against James Wright. Both the plaintiff and the defendant died pending the action and the suit was properly revived. Before trial, the plaintiff in error, the Virginia & Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, was, on its petition, admitted a party defendant in the action, and became…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of ejectment instituted in the Circuit Court of Wise county by Aaron II. Nash against James Wright for the recovery of a certain tract of land described in the declaration. Nash died, and the suit was revived in the name of his devisees, as plaintiffs. James Wright, the defendant, died, and the suit was revived in the name of his heirs at law, *112and at a subsequent term the Yirginia & Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. was, upon its petition, admitted a party, and is the active and substantial defendant. The case was tried before a jury, and…
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