Boyd v. Cleghorn
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Smyth county, pronounced September 14, 1896, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellants were the complainants, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This court does not concur in the reasons assigned by the Circuit Court for rendering the decree complained of. If, *781however, that decree appears to be a proper one for other reasons, it will be affirmed. Newell v. Wood, 1 Munf. 555.
The object of this suit is to enforce specific performance of two parol agreements for the sale of land, one alleged to be with the father of the two female appellants, and the other between his alleged vendors and those from whom said vendors purchased.
It appears that the thirteen acres of land in controversy were patented in 1842 to Charles Talbert; that it was…
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