McClung's adm'r v. Ervin
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action of covenant in the Circuit court of Highland county, brought in May 1867, by William X>. Ervin against William McClung’s administrator, on an agreement in writing under the hands and seals of the plaintiff and William McClung, dated the 1st of June 1863, the material parts of which arc as follows : That said Ervin has this day sold to William McClung one hundred head of cattle of two and three years old, which are upon the Cow pasture farm of his father,…
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This was an action of covenant in the Circuit court of Highland county, brought in May 1867, by William X>. Ervin against William McClung’s administrator, on an agreement in writing under the hands and seals of the plaintiff and William McClung, dated the 1st of June 1863, the material parts of which arc as follows : That said Ervin has this day sold to William McClung one hundred head of cattle of two and three years old, which are upon the Cow pasture farm of his father, in Bath county. Said McClung is allowed to leave as many of the said cattle on said farm as he thinks will do well; and…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
There can be no doubt that the contract upon which this suit was brought, dated June 1st, 1863, was entered into with reference to Confederate money as the standard of value, and that according to the true understanding and agreement of the parties, it was to be fulfilled and performed in that cuiTeucy. It was a contract in writing under seal for the sale of one hundred head of cattle, from three to two years old— mostly two years old—by the defendant in error to the intestate of the plaintiff in error, with the privilege to-the purchaser of pasture on the farm of the former for as many of…
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