Shenandoah Valley R. R. v. Dunlop
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit, court, of Rockbridge county rendered July 18, 1884, and from decree of circuit court of Roanoke City rendered April 27, 1887, in a chancery suit wherein John T. Dunlop aud Mary G., his wife, were complainants and the Shenandoah Valley railroad company was defendant.
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Appeal from decree of circuit, court, of Rockbridge county rendered July 18, 1884, and from decree of circuit court of Roanoke City rendered April 27, 1887, in a chancery suit wherein John T. Dunlop aud Mary G., his wife, were complainants and the Shenandoah Valley railroad company was defendant. The object of the suit was to reform a deed conveying the right of way to the defendant for its railway across the adjacent tracts of land of the said plaintiffs respectively, in order to conform it to the terms of a prior written agreement, on the ground of a mistake made by the draftsman of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from two decrees, one rendered on the 18th of July, 1884, by the circuit court of Rockbridge county, the other on the 27th of April, 1886, by the circuit court of Roanoke city, in a suit in equity commenced in the first mentioned court, and afterwards removed to the latter.
It appears from the record that on the 25th of May, 1881, the male appellee, John T. Dunlop, entered into a written contract with the Shenandoah Valley railroad company, whereby ho agreed, in consideration of §1,500 and two lines of seven strand barbed wire…
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