Legal Opinion
Chittum v. Potter
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided December 1, 1975No. Record 741013PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
W. B. Chittum, Sheriff of Rockbridge County, as personal representative of the estate of Richard B. Macgurn, deceased, filed an amended bill of complaint in the trial court seeking specific performance by Charles A. Potter, Jr., of an alleged contract for the sale to Macgurn of certain real estate. The chancellor ruled that the evidence, which he heard ore terms, failed to establish a contract. He dismissed the suit by final decree entered June 14, 1974, which the personal representative has appealed.
In early 1972, Potter obtained an option to purchase the Earl Roberts farm in Rockbridge…
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