Cohen v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Tazewell county. Decree for complainant. Defendant appeals. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
PRENTIS,* J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. ,
W. E. Jenkins, claiming title to a storehouse and lot in Pocahontas, Va., contracted in writing to sell it to B. M. Cohen for $4,000, of which $3,000 was to be paid in cash on the day after the council of the town of Pocahontas granted Cohen a license to sell whiskey in the building, and $1,000 to be paid “when the title to said property had been *637satisfactorily cleared.” The liquor license was granted to Cohen, and Jenkins and his wife, on June 15,1914, conveyed the property to him, the deed acknowledging the payment of $3,000, part of the…
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