Legal Opinion
Forbes v. Rapp
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 22, 2005No. Record 041722PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEENAN, Justice.
In this appeal, we consider whether the chancellor erred: 1) in awarding damages to a property owner for breach of a contract for the sale of land offered at public auction; and 2) in admitting certain expert testimony.
The following facts are undisputed. In the spring of 2003, Raymond E. Rapp hired Bland Land Company (BLC) to sell about 143 acres of undeveloped mountain land in Rockingham County (the property) at a public auction. 1 BLC produced and distributed a brochure containing photographs, maps, and a description of the property that stated it was "[t]o be sold by a…
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