Wells v. Sewell's Point Guano Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of city of Norfolk, rendered June 21, 1890, in a suit in equity, commenced in the-circuit court of Norfolk county, and afterwards removed to-the first-mentioned court, wherein Sarah J. Wells was plaintiff and the Sewell’s Point Guano Company and others were-defendants. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The case, as made by the original and amended bills, is substantially this:
That George P. Gordon owned a tract of land in Norfolk county, which, at his death, in 1879, descended to his daughter, Mary A. Gordon, subject to the dower of the widow, Lenore M. Gordon, who afterwards intermarried with the defendant, H. D. Van Wyck. The latter, in 1881, claiming to act as the agent of his wife (formerly Mrs. Gordon) and Miss Mary A. Gordon, contracted to sell the land to J. J. Kane and Albert Edwards, and on the 31st of May, 1882, a general warranty deed,…
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