Voight v. Raby
Citations
- 90 Va. 799
- 20 S.E. 824
- 1894 Va. LEXIS 70
Syllabus
<p>1. Ejectment — Evidence—Exceptions.—In such action plaintiff must establish in himself a legal title to the possession of the premises, and defendant may confine his evidence to disproving plaintiff’s pretensions, except that where defendant entered under plaintiff as tenant, &c., he cannot set up title in a third person.</p> <p>2. Idem — Case at bar. — The evidence here: held, as showing not only no title in plaintiff to the premises in controversy, but also that a survey of the boundaries of said premises made many years previous by the county surveyor, as the property of a third party, plaintiff was present and acquiesced.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- ‘[Olbjections to evidence must ordinarily be stated with sufficient specificity to disclose to the trial court the defects in the proposed evidence which it expects to urge in the event of an appeal and to give the trial court and counsel an opportunity to remedy any such defects.’
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Judges: Riohardson
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