General Court of Virginia, 1804

Hawkins v. Burress

Hawkins v. Burress
General Court of Virginia · Decided May 15, 1804 · Chase
1 H. & J. 513

Counsel

Mason, for the plaintiff,, Johnson, for defendants,, Shaaff, for the plaintiff., Key, on the same side., Martin, (Attorney General,) for the Defendants.

Hawkins v. Burress

Opinion of the Court

Chase, Ch. J.

The court are of opinion, that there is sufficient evidence to induce the jury to presume that the lands conveyed, and the. lands >n the common recovery, were the same, amt that the resurVey contains no' more land than the original tracts.

The defendants excepted, Yrnlict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants appealed to the Court of Appeals. But the case was compromised, and the appeal was dismissed at June term, 1806.

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