PORTER v. WILSON

Record No. 911721.

421 S.E.2d 440 (1992)

Jonathan A. PORTER v. Charles D. WILSON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan K. Caudell, Galax (L. Harvey Neff, Jr., Neff & Caudell, on briefs), for appellant.

John W. Parsons, Independence, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


HASSELL, Justice.

In this trespass action, we consider whether a litigant holds legal title of record to 26 acres of property and, if so, whether he may recover treble damages for the removal of timber from the property, as permitted by Code § 55-334.

On January 4, 1892, T.M. Porter gave R.B. Noblett a "title bond" to a 53-acre tract of land on Iron Mountain in Grayson County, but died before executing a deed to Noblett.*...

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