Stimson v. Thorn
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a suit in equity commenced in the Circuit court of Bland county, and afterwards removed to the Circuit court of Wythe county, brought in April 1869 by Gordon C. Thorn against Robert W. Har-man and N. B. Stimson, to rescind a contract for the sale and exchange of lan d made in March 1858, between said *Thorn and Harman.
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This was a suit in equity commenced in the Circuit court of Bland county, and afterwards removed to the Circuit court of Wythe county, brought in April 1869 by Gordon C. Thorn against Robert W. Har-man and N. B. Stimson, to rescind a contract for the sale and exchange of lan d made in March 1858, between said *Thorn and Harman. The bill stated that, on the 26th of March 1858, he entered into a contract with Harman for the sale or exchange of a tract of land which he owned lying in Bland county, for one which Harman owned also lying in said county. Each executed to the other a title bond…
1Opinion of the Court
MONCURH, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The court is of opinion that the contract between. Gordon C. Thorn and Robert W. Harman for an exchange of lands, as mentioned in the proceedings in *this cause, ought to be specifically executed, if a good title can be made by them to the said lands, according to the conditions of their title bonds respectively.
The court is further of opinion that the evidence in the cause strongly tends to prove, if it does not fully prove, that the said Harman has a good equitable title to the land mentioned in his title bond, being the land bought by him of…
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