Newton v. White
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Court of Law and Chancery of the city of Norfolk in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
George Newton, the defendant’s testator, in October, 1895, made a lease to Ira B. White and William P. Dodson doing business as White & Dodson, for a certain lot of land *846in Norfolk city, the said lease being for the term of eleven years, beginning on the 10th of October, 1895, and expiring on the 9th of October, 1906. By this lease the lessees covenanted to erect and maintain on the demised premises a brick building, which should cost not less than $2,000 and •not more than $3,000. George Newton covenanted for himself and his assigns with the…
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