Taylor v. Delaney
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Pulaski county. Decree for the complainant. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Delaney filed his bill in this case in December, 1912, and avers that in 1899 he, having accumulated between five and eight hundred dollars in cash, entered into negotiations with *204the Lake Spring Land and Improvement Company for the purchase of a tract of land in Pulaski county. He was at that time living with his wife, Caroline, in the town of Pulaski, he being a colored man without education, unable to read or write, while his wife was well edueatéd and an unusually good business woman. He alleges that when the purchase of the land was closed, he…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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