Matney v. Ratliff
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Buchanan county pronounced December 1, 1897, in a suit in chancery wherein appellees were the complainants, and the appellant was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The bill in this case was filed by the appellees for the purpose of having a contract for the sale of a tract of land specifically executed. They allege that, as administrators of John M. Eatliff, they sold to the appellant in May, 1892, a parcel of land containing 643 acres; that they executed a bond to him for title, by which they bound themselves to make, or cause to be made to him, a deed with covenants of general warranty when the purchase money was fully .paid; that the appellant executed to them, for the unpaid purchase money, his two bonds, which, subject to certain credits, are still…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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