Bowman v. Hicks

Citations

• 80 Va. 806
• 1885 Va. LEXIS 115

Syllabus

<p>1. Registry— Verbal sales of land. — The statute in relation to the registry of contracts and deeds does not apply to verbal contracts for the sale and purchase of land:</p> <p>2. Complete Purchaser — -Judgment against vendor — Case at bar. — Q. held adverse, open and notorious possession of land from 1849 to 1862, when D. asserted claim to it, and B. buys up his claim under verbal contract, paying his price in full, and remains in such possession until 1881, when creditors of D., by judgments obtained since 1862, sue to subject the land to their judgments:</p> <p>Held :</p> <p>Apart from B.’s title by such possession, he was a complete purchaser from D. before their judgments were obtained, and their liens never attached to the land.</p>