Stuart v. Pennis
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Russell county, rendered August 10, 1900, in an action of assumpsit wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
*613This is a writ of error to a judgment in an action of trespass on the case in assumpsit on a contract entered into between plaintiff in error, D. C. Stuart, and defendant in error, Mrs. S. P. Pennis, on the 24th day of December, 1892, for the sale and purchase of standing timber, at a stipulated price per tree. It is the sequel of a suit in equity between the same parties, which was twice appealed to this court; once in 1895, when it was determined that the growing trees constituted a part of the soil, and that the contract was for such an interest in land that a bill for its specific…
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