Halsey v. Morteiro
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Henricocounty, pronounced April 5, 1893, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
The appellee filed his bill to compel the appellant specifically to perform an alleged contract in writing for the sale of the latter’s land. The contract purports to have been made on behalf of the appellant by M. C. Staples & Co., real estate agents, who sought to sustain it as against their principal, and insisted upon their authority to bind him. He denied their authority to bind him, and likewise the claim of the appellee to have specific performance of the alleged contract. The burden was upon the appellee to prove against the-appellant a valid and binding contract.
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