Cox v. Wagner

REYNOLDS, Justice.

A dispute concerning an agricultural tobacco base provides the issue in this appeal.

On October 5, 1990, appellant, Jean Cox, conveyed a 30-aere tract and a seven-acre tract to appellant, Perry L. Poe, for a consideration of $16,000 and with an oral understanding that the tobacco base would be retained by the vendor.

On September 11, 1990, the appellees, Phillip and Laura Wagner, executed a contract of sale with Poe concerning the 30-acre tract for the sum of $20,000, which instrument provided among the terms that no tobacco base was involved. The deed between the parties was…