Smith's Exor. v. Powell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Hustings Court of the city of Roanoke, pronounced December 21, 1898, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Smith’s executor filed his bill in the Hustings Court of the city of Roanoke in June, 1890, stating that one Edmund Didier, the owner of three lots of land in said city, had entered into an agreement to sell the same to L. L. Powell, trustee for a number of beneficiaries, who were named, who were to take unequal interests in the said lot ranging from one-eighth to three-eightieths of the whole, as shown by the deed from Didier. The purchase price was $6,000, of which sum $2,833.33 was paid in cash, and for $2,566.66 Powell, trustee, executed his…
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