Deford v. Ballentine Realty Corp.

The complainant, Ballentine Realty Corporation, filed a bill against the executors, trustees and beneficiaries under the will of J. Wiley Halstead, deceased, praying that the contract of sale to the corporation of 381 lots, known as the Willoughby Bay lots, in the city of Norfolk, be rescinded, and the deed from J. Wiley Halstead to the corporation, bearing date on the 10th day of December, 1923, be set aside and declared null and void, and that the respondents be compelled to pay complainant the sum of $49,530, purchase price, with interest from date of sale.

The answer alleged that the sale…