Legal Opinion
Burdine v. Burdine's Ex'or
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 13, 1900PublishedCited by 48 opinions
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Bussell county, pronounced March 3, 1899, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The record shows that in the year 1883, B. E. Burdine, of Bussell county, and two of his former slaves, Boena and Bancy Burdine, entered into a contract, evidenced by a writing, put upon record, which is in the following words:
“Know all men by these presents, that I, B. E. Burdine, of the county of Bussell, and State of Virginia, am held and firmly bound in the the sum of ten thousand dollars to- Boena and Bancy Burdine, colored, of the same county and State.
“The conditions of the above bond are as follows: That I, B. E. Burdine, will make, or cause to be made, a good will to the' land that I…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hale v. HaleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1894
- Central Land Co. of Buchanan v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Chapman v. Chapman's TrusteeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Cox v. CoxSupreme Court of Virginia · 1875
3Cited by48 opinions
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- Smyth Bros.-McCleary-McClellan Co. v. BeresfordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Sonnicksen v. SonnicksenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1941
- Merriman v. Cover, Drayton LeonardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- Plunkett v. BryantSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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