Robinson v. Crenshaw

Citations

• 84 Va. 348
• 5 S.E. 222
• 1888 Va. LEXIS 87

Syllabus

<p>1. Purchasers eor Value without Notice— Constructive notice.—Whatever puts purchasers on inquiry which should discover want of authority in vendor, is constructive and sufficient notice. Lamar v. Hale, 79 Va., 147.</p> <p>2. Trustees—Ultra vires•—Notice—Case at bar.—Where decree, affirmed on appeal here, held sale of lands by trustee to be ultra vires and null, and c. q. t. entitled to restitution thereof, subsequent grantee of vendee thereof with notice of the trust, can take no more than his grantor had; and where the land was pendente lite condemned by a city and a railroad company and the damages paid over to such grantee, the damages remain a charge on the land until paid to the c. q. t.</p> <p>3. Appeal—Parties—Rehearing.—Where this court has decided against the right of certain persons to become parties, upon remand those persons cannot come into the court below as parties and litigate anew the questions already determined.</p> <p>4. Condemnation oe Lands—Title—Payment of damages.—Where corporation has had land condemned for its purposes, and doubt exists as to title, it can acquire clear title only by paying the damages into court according to Code 1873, ch. 56, ?16, so that the parties in interest may be convened before disposal thereof.</p>