Legal Opinion
Dunn v. Silk
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 13, 1930PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
This is a suit brought to partition a valuable tract of land in Bath county, containing about 445 acres. The trial court became satisfied that partition in kind could not be had, and ordered sale. Commissioners appointee! for the purpose did sell it at public auction, on May 11, 1929, to Mrs. Mildred Eddy Dunn, for the sum of $21,000. Their report is as follows:
“In obedience to a decree entered in the above styled cause at the April term, 1929, your undersigned commissioners made sale on the premises May 11, 1929, of the lands in the bill and proceedings mentioned, after very exhaustive and…
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