Building, Light & Water Co. v. Fray
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Buena Yista rendered July 17,1897, in an action of covenant wherein the defendants in error were the plaintiffs, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant;
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is a .writ of error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Buena Yista in an action by the defendants in error against the plaintiff' in error to recover damages for the alleged breach of covenants in a deed conveying to defendants in error a certain vacant lot in the city of Buena Yista.
The language in the covenants in the deed alleged to have been broken is “ that it (B. L. & ~W. Co., grantor) has the right to convey the- said land to the grantee; that it has done no act to encumber the said land; that the grantee shall have *561quiet possession of the land free from all…
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