Womack v. Paxton's Ex'or
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Botetourt county, rendered June 18, 1885, in the chancery cause wherein W. A. Glasgow, executor of James Paxton, deceased, and trustee of John L. Circle, &e., was complainant, and John L. Circle, Charles Circle, Sarah A. Circle, Oliver Shirkey, and William' W. Womack were defendants. Erom this decree the said Womack obtained an appeal and supersedeas.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
The facts and proceedings necessary to he stated in order to .a clear apprehension of the questions to he decided in this cause, are these:
On the 15th day of Hovember, 1866, W. A. Glasgow and J. G. Paxton, executors of James Paxton, deceased, pursuant to the will of their testator, sold a tract of land of 404J acres, lying in the counties of Botetourt and Alleghany, at the confluence of the Jackson and Cowpasture rivers, and known as the “ Forks Farm,” to John L. Circle, at the price of $22,025 00. The purchaser complied with the terms of sale by paying ten *19per cent, of the purchase-money in…
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