Smith v. Henkel
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decrees of circuit court of Madison county, entered April, 1883, and December, 1883, respectively, in a cause wherein Noah J. Henkel and Samuel Tusing are plaintiffs, and Abram S. Smith and John Smith are defendants. The decrees being adverse to the defendants, they obtained an appeal to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
In the fall of the year, 1869, Noah J. Henkel, through a land agent, D. M. Digges, sold to Abram Smith, in the presence of two of his sons, A. G. Smith and Daniel Smith, the farm upon which he, Henkel, resided, in the county of Madison, Virginia, containing 443 43-100 acres, ascertained by a survey, subsequently made, for the price of $15,872.21. The, purchase appears to have been made by the said Abram Smith for his wife, Elizabeth, and two of his sons, John and Abram G. Smith. The sale was made in the morning, Abram Smith and his two sons being on the lookout for a farm to purchase, having…
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