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THOMAS v. YOUNG

87 S.E.2d 127 (1955)

196 Va. 1166

T. T. THOMAS and the People's Building and Loan Association of Hampton, Virginia, v. Undine Davis YOUNG, Thomas Davis, and Undine D. Bassette.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Davis Butts, Newport News, for appellants.

W. Hale Thompson, Newport News, for appellees.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, and WHITTLE, JJ.

WHITTLE, Justice.

The question presented on this appeal is whether or not when land is forfeited or sold to the Commonwealth for the nonpayment of taxes such forfeiture or sale constitutes a break in the continuity of possession required to be established by an adverse claimant.

Eliminating non-essential parts of the record, it appears that Undine Davis Young, Thomas Davis, and Undine D. Bassette, appellees, hereinafter sometimes called the Davises, filed...

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