Wellford v. Chancellor
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a bill by John S. Wellford, Edward H. Carmichael, William Crump and others, against Sanford Chancellor, to enjoin him from proceeding to enforce the payment of a bond for 1124 dollars 50 cents, executed by the plaintiffs to the defendant. The bill charged that the plaintiffs, in November 1836, purchased a tract of land in the county of Spottsylvania, for the purpose of engaging extensively in the manufacture of iron.
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This was a bill by John S. Wellford, Edward H. Carmichael, William Crump and others, against Sanford Chancellor, to enjoin him from proceeding to enforce the payment of a bond for 1124 dollars 50 cents, executed by the plaintiffs to the defendant. The bill charged that the plaintiffs, in November 1836, purchased a tract of land in the county of Spottsylvania, for the purpose of engaging extensively in the manufacture of iron. That they were desirous to purchase other lands in the neighbourhood for the same purpose ; and among others, a large tract owned by Colin Auld of Alexandria. That they…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The Court is of opinion, that as it is admitted by the answer, and proved in the cause, that the appellee, in contracting with Colin Auld for the purchase of the lands described in the deed from said Auld to the appellee, dated the 10th of February 1837, contracted not for his own benefit, but as the agent of the appellants; the appellee, after the said land was conveyed to him by the said Auld, was bound to convey the same to the appellants, upon their complying with the terms of his contract with said Auld, in the same plight and condition in which the same was conveyed to him. The Court is…
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