Myers v. Whitfield
Supreme Court of Virginia
On the 5th of February 1862, Richard and John F. Whitfield • sold at auction three lots in the city of Richmond, fronting on Franklin street seventy-eight feet, when Solomon Myers became the purchaser at one hundred and forty-three dollars per front foot. The terms of sale were one-fourth cash, and the balance at one, two and three years.
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On the 5th of February 1862, Richard and John F. Whitfield • sold at auction three lots in the city of Richmond, fronting on Franklin street seventy-eight feet, when Solomon Myers became the purchaser at one hundred and forty-three dollars per front foot. The terms of sale were one-fourth cash, and the balance at one, two and three years. The cash payment was made in Confederate money; the notes of the purchaser were given for the credit payments, and the vendors conveyed the property to Myers, who conveyed it to trustees to secure the purchase money. The notes were transferred by John F. to…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
This is an application of a debtor, to a court of equity, for relief on a contract made between the 1st of January 1862 and the 10th of April 1865„ The bill alleges that plaintiff, who is appellant here, was the purchaser of three adjoining lots in the city of Richmond, having a front on Franklin street of twenty-six feet each, which were exposed to sale at public auction on the 5th day of February 1862, by their joint owners, Richard Whitfield and John F. Whitfield, at the price of $148 per front foot, aggregating $11,154. That agreeably' to the terms of the sale, he paid one-fourth of the…
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