Lockhart v. . Bell

(RUFFIN, J., dissenting.) The plaintiff appealed. The defendant having purchased at a sale under execution against B. F. Lockhart a tract of land in Northampton, known as the "Deans Plantation," and estimated to contain eight hundred and twenty-six acres, on December 16th, 1871, entered into an agreement with Virginia P. Eaton, the mother of his wife, under their seals for the sale of the same to her at the price of twelve thousand nine hundred thirty-seven dollars and eighty-cents, whereof was then paid two hundred dollars in cash, two thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven dollars and…