Legal Opinion
Hoster's Committee v. Zollman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 15, 1917PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge county. Decree for defendants. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
C. S. W. Barnes, committee of W. A. Hoster (a person of unsound mind), filed his bill against the appellees for the specific enforcement of a contract to convey certain real estate.
The contract is in these words and figures:
“This contract made May 2, 1890, between Lorenzo S. Bryan, Josie A. Zollman and Virginia Lee Rryan, parties of the first part, and W. A. Hoster, party of the second part.
“Whereas the parties of the first part are the sole heirs at law of the late Mathew Bryan, who died intestate in the year 1854; and whereas the said Mathew Bryan in his lifetime by deed bearing date August…
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