Lacey v. Cardwell

Melvin G. Lacey filed his petition in the court below seeking an attachment against the estates of John L. Cardwell, Lillian M. Card-well and Annie Cardwell Gosney, residents of California, to satisfy petitioner’s claim of $100,000, with interest from July 1, 1973.

Petitioner alleged that the appellees, acting through an agent, contracted to sell him a tract of land in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, containing 284 acres, more or less, for $250,000, and thereafter failed to comply with the agreement. Responsive pleadings were filed, and the lower court, “having considered all the exhibits…