West Salem Land Co. v. Montgomery Land Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of the circuit court of Montgomery county, rendered (in vacation) December 29th, 1891, in the chancery cause wherein the Montgomery Land Company was complainant and the West Salem Land Company was defendant. The decree being adverse to the defendant company, it appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The bill was filed by the appellee company against the appellant company to have specific performance enforced by the court of a contract of sale of a valuable tract of land near the town of Christiansburg, in Montgomery county, containing 353 acres of land, upon terms set forth in said con*193tract in writing, tendering a deed, and seeking to enjoin waste upon the said land, which was in the hands of the said company as purchaser under the said contract of sale. The terms of sale are set forth in said bill, and part payment admitted. In an amended bill it is asked that a receiver be appointed to…
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