Ashby v. Dumouchelle

This is a suit brought by Napoleon Dumouchelle against Mrs. Willie R. Ashby for the specific performance of a written contract for the sale of land. The contract dated June 5, 1942, in consideration of a cash payment of $25, gave the plaintiff the exclusive right or option to purchase at any time within two years of its date, land described as follows:

“All that certain tract of land situate in Matoaca District, Chesterfield County, Virginia, which is bounded on the east by a strip of land owned by the State Highway Department; on the south by Fred Pilcher’s property, on the west by Swift…