Pennington v. Hanby
Supreme Court of Virginia
UPON an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond district, rejecting a.motion for . -, , ... „ leave to file a bill of review. The suit was brought in the County Court of Patrick, in behalf of Isaac Pennington against Jonathan Hanby, Joseph Francis, John Mankin, Susannah Marr, administratrix, and George L. W. Marr, and others, children and heirs of John ° _ Marr, deceased.
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UPON an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond district, rejecting a.motion for . -, , ... „ leave to file a bill of review. The suit was brought in the County Court of Patrick, in behalf of Isaac Pennington against Jonathan Hanby, Joseph Francis, John Mankin, Susannah Marr, administratrix, and George L. W. Marr, and others, children and heirs of John ° _ Marr, deceased. The original bill stated, that the plaintiff purchased a tract of land, containing 250 acres, of John Man■■ kin, who purchased of Joseph Francis, who purchased the same (with some other lands)…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion of the court was delivered by Judge Roane.
“ The court is of opinion that the appellant, in assenting to the agreement made by Mankin with the appellee Hanby, touching the land in controversy, to which he had the oquit?,» *144ble title, not having treated with the said Hanby for a sale thereof, nor entered into any discussion with him as to the adequacy of the sum alleged to have been intended as the price or consideration therefor, and the said land being so far more valuable than the said consideration, as to leave no doubt that the contract in question was intended to…
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