U.S. v. TOBIAS

Nos. 88-1356, 88-1381 and 88-1373.

899 F.2d 1375 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Stephen Craig TOBIAS; Constance S. Tobias, Defendants-Appellants, Harry I. Johnson, Jr.; Jolene T. Johnson, Defendants-Appellees, and 396.31 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in the County of Roanoke, State of Virginia, Defendant (Two Cases). UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Harry I. JOHNSON, Jr.; Jolene T. Johnson; George Moore, Trustee for Harry I. Johnson, III, Defendants-Appellants, Stephen Craig Tobias; Constance S. Tobias, Defendants-Appellees, 396.31 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in the County of Roanoke, State of Virginia, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Beverly Poff, Frank K. Friedman (Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, George I. Vogel, II, James R. Cromwell, Wilson, Vogel & Creasy, on brief), for defendants-appellants.

William J. Creech, Jr., Melissa J. Warner (Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before HALL and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and WINTER, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 12, 1990.

HARRISON L. WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the doctrine of adverse possession. Stephen Craig Tobias and Constance S. Tobias appeal from an order of the district court granting judgment n.o.v. and in the alternative, a new trial, in favor of Harry I. Johnson, Jr. and Jolene T. Johnson (collectively "Johnson"). 696 F.Supp. 185. The Tobiases had intervened...

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