Supreme Court of Virginia March 26, 1896 (Nye v. Lovitt)

Buchanan, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The first question to be determined in this case is the proper construction of the deed upon which the defendants in error base their right to recover the land in controversy,' and of which the following is a copy:

“ Whereas I, George Bramble, of the county of Norfolk, in the State of Yirginia, having resided in the family of Wilson H. C.