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PRUITT v. FERGUSON

Record No. 801066.

297 S.E.2d 714 (1982)

John E. PRUITT, Jr., et al. v. J. Van FERGUSON, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald M. Maupin, Spotsylvania (Gardner & Maupin, Spotsylvania, on brief), for appellants.

William M. Sokol, Fredericksburg (Whitticar, Sokol, Ledbetter & Haley, Fredericksburg, on brief), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ.

RUSSELL, Justice.

In this suit to quiet title, we must determine the effect of a misnomer of the grantee in a recorded deed. The trial court found that the misnomer did not have the effect of disturbing the devolution of title through the apparent chain of successive owners as shown by the land records. We agree, and affirm.

J. Van Ferguson, Marion R. Ferguson, his wife, and others, appellees, brought this suit...

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