Welfley v. Shenandoah I., L., M. & M. Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Page county, entered April 24th, 1885, in the cause of A. J. Welfley, plaintiff, against the Shenandoah Iron, Lumber, Mining and Manufacturing Company and Benjamin Milnes, defendants, to enforce specific performance of a contract for the sale of land entered into by Welfley with said company. At the hearing the bill was dismissed, with costs, and complainant appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
The complainant filed an original and an amended bill, and they both allege that, on the seventh day of December, 1882, the appellant (A. J. Welfley) purchased of the appellee (the Shenandoah Iron, Lumber, Mining and Manufacturing Company) lot No. 6, section D, in the town of Milnes, Page county, Ya., for $150, payable fifty dollars at the time of the purchase, and the residue in semi-annual instalments, with six per centum interest on the first days of June and December, 1883 and 1884; that on the seventh day of December, 1882, appellant paid the cash payment of fifty dollars on the said lot…
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