Smith v. Mullen

It appears from the record that prior to 1891 William Merrill owned a farm in King George county, known as “Clifton,” containing about four hundred acres; that on the 16th day of February, 1891, he entered into a contract in writing with Letcher Washington, by which he' agreed to sell the latter forty acres, more or less, of this farm. The only description contained in the contract of the land sold is “forty acres of land, more or less, said land being part of 'Clifton,’ and adjoining the lands of Alexander Pratt and ‘ Belvidere.’ ” The contract does not clearly show what the aggregate…