JENNINGS v. CITY OF NORFOLK


93 S.E.2d 302 (1956)

198 Va. 277

Herbert J. JENNINGS and Ellen M. Jennings v. CITY OF NORFOLK.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Joseph Baecher and O. Eugene Pinion, Norfolk, for appellants.

Joseph E. Baker, Asst. City Atty., and Jonathan W. Old, Jr., Norfolk (Leonard H. Davis, City Atty., Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

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


MILLER, Justice.

Appellants, Herbert J. Jennings and Ellen M. Jennings, instituted suit against the city of Norfolk to remove a cloud from the title to real estate which they claim to own through a deed from Wm. W. Old, Jr., trustee, dated July 7, 1951, recorded July 11, 1951.

The cloud sought to be removed from the title is a deed from Melvin E. Cruser, special commissioner, to the city of Norfolk, dated January 20, 1949, recorded February 21, 1949, in deed...

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