Legal Opinion
Slaughter v. Smither
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 15, 1899PublishedCited by 37 opinions
Appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond, pronounced April 30, 1898, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Harrison, J.,
delivered, the opinion of the court.
The bill in this case alleges that on the 29th day of October, 1894, the appellee entered into a contract with appellant for the •purchase of the drug business carried on by appellant in a leased house on Venable street, in the city of Richmond, at Ho. 2523. The following copy of the alleged contract is filed with the bill to be read as a part thereof:
“ EXHIBIT A.
“ Richmond, October 29, 1894.
“ I hereby agree to take charge of Mr. P. M. Slaughter’s drugstore, and to run it for him, as best I can, giving my close personal attention, and doing…
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