Legal Opinion

Finch v. Garrett

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 14, 1909PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Newport News. Decree for complainant. Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.

By deed dated November 15, 18'99, F. F. Finch and M. A. Finch, his wife, leased a 'certain lot in the city of Newport *115News, the property of the female lessor, to the appellee, A. C. Garrett, his executors, administrators and assigns, for the term of forty years, ending on the 15th day of November, 1939. In September, 1906, nearly seven years after the date of the deed of lease, the lessee filed the bill in this case, asking for a rescission of the lease, upon the ground that he had been induced to enter into the contract by the false representations of the lessors and their agent, one W. I.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Max Meadows Land & Improvement Co. v. BradySupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  2. West End Real Estate Co. v. ClaiborneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
  3. Hurt v. MillerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
  4. Campbell v. Eastern Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
  5. Garrett v. FinchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Employers Commercial Union Insurance Co. of America v. Great American InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1973
  2. Dobie v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1935
  3. Morse v. KogleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1947
  4. Link Associates v. Jefferson Standard Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
  5. White v. BottSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931

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