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6 Va. 105

Jones v. Doe

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided February 5, 1818

Supreme Court of Virginia · decided 1818-02-05

A Judgment in Ejeetment for three hundred acres of land, having been obtained agahist Henry Jones in his life time, a scire facias was issued after his death, to revive it, against Henry Jones, Zacharzah Jones, George Smith, and .T~fildred his wife, heirs and devisees of the deceased; wlii cli writ was eXecute(l on Henry .Jones only, the other lefendants being returned, no inhabitants of this Coin~nonwealth.

Decided 1818-02-05

¶1The following was the opinion of this Court, pronounced by Judge ItOANn.

¶2The appellant in this case having admitted that he could not gainsay the appellee's right to revive the ~judgment mentioned in the scirefacuzs, the Court is of opinion that there is no error in the said judginent;-at least, of which he can complain. Nor would the case be different, could we restrict the acknowledgment to apply to his own portion of the land merely. In that ease, the judgment, so far as it exceeded that portion, would not he injurious to him, nor could he complain of it.

¶3Judgment affirmed,

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