General Court of Virginia, 1796

Hopkins v. Threlkeld

Hopkins v. Threlkeld
General Court of Virginia · Decided May 15, 1796
3 Md. 443

Counsel

Cooke, for the defendant., Duvall, for the plaintiff., Cooke, for the appellant., Mason and Duvall, for the appellee»

Hopkins v. Threlkeld

Opinion of the Court

The Court

gave judgment, on the case stated, for the plaintiff; and cited, “ It is a maxim that he who has no freehold in the land cannot, by any means, discontinue the estate therein.” Bac. Abr. Discontinuance, 90. 95. Garth. 110.

The defendant appealed to the court of appeals, and in that court the case was, by consent, dismissed at Nov cm; her term, 1796.

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