Stearns v. Beckham
Supreme Court of Virginia
In 1866, J. Thomas Beckham, as committee of James A. Beckham, brought a suit in equity in the circuit court of Culpeper county against .John M*. Botts and Franklin Stearns, to set aside a contract and deed by which the said James A. Beckham sold and conveyed to them his estate called Auburn, in said county, and a considerable amount of personal property.
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In 1866, J. Thomas Beckham, as committee of James A. Beckham, brought a suit in equity in the circuit court of Culpeper county against .John M*. Botts and Franklin Stearns, to set aside a contract and deed by which the said James A. Beckham sold and conveyed to them his estate called Auburn, in said county, and a considerable amount of personal property. The grounds stated in the bill for the relief prayed for was the incompetency of said Beckham, the improper influence exerted upon him, and the inadequacy of the price. The defendants answered denying the allegations of the bill; and the…
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
On the 29th day of November, 1862, John Minor Botts and Franklin Stearns, of the city of Richmond, undertook to purchase from James A. Beckham, of the county of Culpeper, his valuable landed estate'in said county, containing by estimation about 1,940 acres, and also some personal property, at the gross price of $100,000 cash, payable in Confederate States treasury notes. The contract was in the form of a written proposition of Beckham, under his hand and seal, to sell, and a written acceptance under seal, signed by Botts for himself and Stearns, and is in these words:
“I now offer to sell to…
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