Hutchings v. Gilmer

This case is before us upon an appeal from the decree of the corporation court of the town of Danville. A brief statement of the pleadings and facts proved in the case are necessary to show the questions of law which this court is now called upon to decide.' The bill was filed in the circuit court of Pittsylvania county, and the case was afterwardstransferred to the corporation court of the town of Danville. The bill alleges that the complainants, John Gilmer and Charles E. Dabney, on the 24th of June, 1878, purchased from William Powell a large tract of land lying in Pittsylvania county,…