Miller v. Ferguson

*250In October, 1904, the appellant, Thomas W. Miller, entered into a parol agreement with two of the appellees, S. O. Ferguson and J. R. Terry, for the acquisition of 7.57 acres of land in the city of Roanoke, known as the “Miller Hill” property, upon the stipulations that the two latter were to supply the purchase money, and the land, when bought, was to be conveyed to one of the real estate corporations controlled by them, to be divided into lots and sold, and, after defraying expenses and refunding the purchase price with interest, the net profits arising from the sale were to be shared…