Crowder v. Commonwealth

The Crowders were awarded an appeal from a final decree entered in the circuit court wherein the Commonwealth of Virginia was granted the specific performance of a contract for the sale of land.

The case was heard ore tenus by the chancellor. The record discloses that on February 20, 1959, D. P. Edwards, Superintendent of the State Convict Road Force, on behalf of the Commonwealth, secured from the Crowders an option to purchase 100 acres of land in Botetourt County. The contract provided that the Commonwealth had the exclusive option to purchase the land at any time within 120 days for the…