Huffman v. Landes

In 1910 W. H. .Huffman purchased a certain tract of land from W. L. Bashaw and others. It lay in Pastures Magisterial District, Augusta county, and was supposed to contain 240 acres. Later he added a six-acre tract bought from O. S. Wallace. Mr. Huffman wanted to secure a home near Bridgewater, Virginia, that he might take advantage of educational opportunities there available. In some' manner this desire was brought to the attention of Mr. Jacob F. Landes, who was the owner of a fifty-one acre farm near that town. Landes wrote to Huffman and suggested that they trade or exchange farms. That…