Legal Opinion

Gish's v. Jamison

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 15, 1898PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Hustings Court of the city of city Roanoke pronounced December 11, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants.

1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.

*313On April 12, 1890, J. A. Jamison and S. H. Gish entered into a contract in writing, whereby Jamison sold to Gish a certain house and lot, the residence of the former, in the city of Roanoke, for the sum of $16,000, paid and to be paid as follows : $10 cash in hand, $7,990 on delivery of the deed to the property, and the residue ($8,000), with interest, in one year from date of the contract. The contract concluded with this clause: “ The cash payment to be made as soon as the Fairmont Land Company makes their cash payment to the said Samuel H. Gish.”

The Fairmont Land Company, though chartered,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Willard v. TayloeSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  2. Darling v. Cumming's Ex'orSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
  3. Dunsmore v. LyleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1891
  4. Gish v. MoomawSupreme Court of Virginia · 1892
  5. Powell, Whitehurst & Co. v. BerrySupreme Court of Virginia · 1895

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Quarton v. American Law Book Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  2. Hale v. HaleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Griscom v. ChildressSupreme Court of Virginia · 1944
  4. Findley v. KochSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  5. Steinman v. JesseeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908

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