Earp v. Boothe

The controversy in this suit grows out of a contract *369entered into on the 2d December 1862, between the appellant and the appellee, which is in the following words:

Know all men by these presents, that we, Philip Earp and Sullivan P. Boothe, of the county of Pittsylvania, State of Virginia, do make and enter into, and bind ourselves, our heirs and assigns, to abide by the following contract and agreement, to wit: Whereas the said Philip Earp did some time past purchase of a certain John Brightwell the tract of land on which the said Earp now lives and enjoys title thereto, and not being able to…