HYSON v. DODGE


96 S.E.2d 792 (1957)

198 Va. 792

Mary K. HYSON et al. v. Clarence C. DODGE et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. McLeod, C. Jackson Simmons, Whitestone (Dunton, McLeod & Simmons, Whitestone, on the brief), for appellants.

Dixon L. Foster, Lively, George E. Allen, Richmond (Sidney L. Berz, Richmond, Garland Clarke, Lively, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond, Norris, Richardson, Foster & Clarke, Lively, on the brief), for appellees.

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


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

Mary K. Hyson, Edward Kelley, Jr., and Rufus Kelley appellants in this court, respondents in the lower court, seek by this appeal to reverse a decree declaring that they have no title or interest in a certain 15 acre tract of land lying in White Chapel Magisterial District, Lancaster county, Virginia.

Both appellants and appellees, L. Purnell Saunders, Clarence C. Dodge and Jessie P. Dodge, trace their title back to John A. Kelley who...

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