Legal Opinion
Newberry v. Ruffin
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 19, 1903PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Error tó a judgment of the Circuit Court of Bland county, rendered May -21, 1902, in an action of covenant, wherein sundry parties suing on behalf of Ruffin and others, defendants in error, were the plaintiffs, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*75On the 2d of April, 1890, Harman Newberry entered into the following contract with Ruffin and others:
“I hereby agree to sell, and do sell, with general warranty of title, to said parties three-fourths (3-4) interest in seven hundred (700) acres of the 706 acres of land in my Kent’s Mill farm, in Wythe county, Ya., the six acres reserved out of the 706 acres being those on which the dwelling house is located, which shall he laid off compactly with some frontage on the N. & W. R. R., for and at the price of one hundred dollars per acre; $52,500 for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- County of Mobile v. KimballSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Newberry Land Co. v. NewberrySupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Roach v. DickinsonsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1852
- Mathews v. GlennSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- State v. HallbackSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1894
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Virginia Concrete Co. v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1956
- Bolling v. King Coal Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- Tilton v. HortonSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
- Stewart v. Michigan Bell Telephone CoMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
- McIntyre v. McIntyreMichigan Supreme Court · 1919
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