Hurricane Lumber Co. v. Lowe
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Buchanan county in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of assumpsit, instituted by Lowe to recover of the Hurricane Lumber Company and George J. Walker the value of certain trees sold by verbal contract, and cut down, removed and marketed by the defendants.
Non-assumpsit was pleaded, and the grounds of defense stated that, after the verbal contract the defendants discovered that these trees had been conveyed to one John Dotson by a deed of record; that the title to the land on which the trees grew was in litigation in an action of ejectment brought by Henry C. King in the United States…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hurley v. HurleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Hundley v. HulberSupreme Court of Virginia · 1960
- Johnson v. Tazewell Timber Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- United States v. 615.10 Acres of LandDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1971