Linhart v. Foreman's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Charlotte county in suit of James D. Linhart against Thomas H. Foreman, T. W. Greer and A. G. Jeffress.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Charlotte county in suit of James D. Linhart against Thomas H. Foreman, T. W. Greer and A. G. Jeffress. The object of this suit was to rescind the contract and deed of 20th October, 1875, whereby said Foreman and wife conveyed 1,112 acres of land to said Linhart, and to have repaid the sum of $8,500, which he had paid, and to have returned his bond for $1,500 given for the balance of the purchase money, on the ground that the defendants induced the complainant to pur-' chase the land by fraudulent misrepresentations, or false representations as to the…
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
From the record it appears that the appellant, James D. Lin-hart, a resident of Pennsylvania, attracted by advertisement of an association known as the “ National Virginia Settlement Association,” of which A. G. Jeffress, one of the respondents in the court below, was secretary and treasurer, another, Thos. W. Greer, was a director, and one other of the respondents, John W. Foreman, was manager, visited the county of Charlotte, Va., in the fall of 1875, with a view to purchase a tract of land. That amongst the various tracts of land offered him by Foreman was one of 1,112 acres, called “the…
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