Southwest Virginia Mineral Co. v. Chase
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Russell county, pronounced August 14, 1896, in a suit in chancery, instituted by the appellee against the appellant to enforce a lien for purchase money reserved in a deed from the appellee to the appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
One of the errors assigned in this case is that the court ought to have allowed an abatement of the purchase price of the land for the loss of 119 walnut trees standing upon the land when sold and conveyed, which had theretofore been sold to other parties, but were not excepted or reserved in the deed.
On the first day of January, 1887, the appellee executed and delivered to W. T. Miller a writing in the following words: “I hereby authorize and empower Wm. T. Miller, of Wise Courthouse, Ya., to sell a certain boundary of land owned by me, situated in Wise county, Ya., on Indian Creek, Indian…
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