Woodson v. Smith
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgments of the Circuit Court of Nelson county in actions of ejectment. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to a judgment for the defendants, Smith and Johnson, in two actions of ejectment brought against them by Woodson. The two cases were tried together by consent, and a joint judgment rendered therein.
[1] On February 19, 1919, J. C. Woodson entered into two written contracts, one with Martha D. Smith and the other with J. E. Johnson, whereby he sold to them, severally, two certain tracts of land.
The contract with Johnson recited the payment of $500, and provided, inter alia, that upon the payment of the residue of the purchase…
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