Atlantic Coast Realty Co. v. Townsend
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of city of Petersburg, in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
This writ of error calls in question a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Petersburg sustaining a demurrer to a declaration in an action of assumpsit, wherein the Atlantic Coast Realty Company was plaintiff and J. M. Townsend, executor of Wirt Robertson, deceased, was defendant.
The allegations of the declaration were as follows:
That the plaintiff had for many years been engaged in the business of selling tracts of land for customers by first improving, developing and sub-dividing the lands into building lots and small acreage parcels, so as to make the same more valuable and…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- United States v. BehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Richardson v. . HughittNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Burruss v. HinesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Loomis v. MarshallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1837
- Berthold v. GoldsmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1861
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3Cited by24 opinions
- E. I. duPont deNemours & Co. v. Universal Moulded Products Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1950
- Atlantic Coast Realty Co. v. Robertson'sSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- Berne v. KeithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
- Crowder v. CrowderSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
- Robertson's v. Atlantic Coast Realty Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1921
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