Jones v. Albert

Keith, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Albert was the owner of a farm near Shawsville, Montgomery county, Virginia, and M. Wiley Jones owned a farm in Giles county. They entered into negotiations looking to an exchange of their farms, and an agreement was entered into as follows:

“This is to certify that I, M. Wiley J ones, agree to give my farm, two hundred and twenty-one acres, and hay and oats to J. A. Albert for his farm, hay, oats and straw and shucks now in barn, he, J. A. Albert, guaranteeing that there will be three hundred and twenty-six acres, after taking off one hundred and…