Vail v. Nelson
Court of Appeals of Virginia
This was an appeal from the Richmond Chancery Court, where Vail brought a suit against Nelson and others, to set aside a sale of real property, made by Nelson to the plaintiff. The whole subject is so fully explained in the following opinion, that no other report is necessary.
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Green.
Nelson, professing to act as attorney in fact for D. Diggs, administrator of A. Smith, sold at public sale a house and lot at York Town. The advertisement exhibited by the crier at the sale, stated that, the property belonged to the heirs of Doctor Augustine Smith, and would be sold uj> on a credit of one, two, and three years; the purchaser giving bond with approved security, and a deed of trust on the property; and that possession would be given on the first day of January then next. Nothing was said as to the time when a conveyance was to be made. The sale was on the 15th of…
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