Virginia Pocahontas Coal Co. v. Lambert
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Roanoke county. Recree for the defendant. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, J.,
delivered, the opinion of the court.
This suit was instituted by the appellant for the purpose of compelling the appellee to convey to it the interests which he had acquired in two parcels of land lying in McDowell county, in the state of West Yirginia, one containing ninety-three and the other thirty-four acres, by a conveyance from Susan J. Beavers and John Cline and wife, upon the ground that appellee had obtained said conveyance by falsely representing' himself as the agent of the appellant.
The record shows that Samuel Lambert died in the year 1851, seized of several parcels…
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