Newberry Land Co. v. Newberry
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Bland county, rendered May 13, 1896, in an action of covenant, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
*120This is an action of covenant, brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error upon an agreement in writing made by him with certain persons therein named. The plaintiff was not one of them, and indeed was not even in existence when the agreement was entered into.
The agreement was set out fully in the declaration, and in its very words. It is a contract inter partes, and a sealed instrument as to the defendant. He demurred to the declaration. The court below sustained the demurrer; and the question to be decided is whether or not the plaintiff can maintain the action.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Dillon v. BarnardSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Interstate Land Co. v. Maxwell Land Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Jackson, ex dem. Kellogg v. VickoryNew York Supreme Court · 1828
- Bonnell v. . GriswoldNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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- United Dispatch, Inc. v. E. J. Albrecht Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
- Newberry v. RuffinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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