Newberry v. French
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Corporation Court of the city of Hadford, pronounced September 11, 1899, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee, suing on behalf of Williams & Porterfield, was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants.
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Appeal from a decree of the Corporation Court of the city of Hadford, pronounced September 11, 1899, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee, suing on behalf of Williams & Porterfield, was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants. The agreement referred to in the opinion is as follows: This agreement, made this 27th day of August, 1890, between W. A. Trench, for himself as half owner of the certain property hereinafter described, and as the representative of and acting for IT. W. Straley and D. A. Trench, each interested as hereinafter described in the properties…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This suit was instituted in March, 1893, on the part of the .complainant, suing for the benefit of his assignees, asking for the specific performance of so much of a certain contract in writing for the sale of land, as he was interested in, and to have a decree against the appellants for the 'balance of purchase money due under said contract.
The contract sought to be enforced was made August 27, *4821890, and involved the sale of two adjoining tracts of wild, unimproved mountain land, one containing 4,6481 acres, and the other 8471 acres. The purchase price of the smaller tract, which is here…
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