Tazewell's ex'or v. Whittle's adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
In June 1825 Fortescue Whittle, as administrator of Conway Whittle deceased, filed his bill in the late Richmond chancery court against William Tazewell, surviving executor of Littleton Tazewell deceased, in which he stated, that on the 24th of March 1803 his intestate let by deed a tract of land in the county of James City called Piney Grove to Littleton Tazewell, to hold from that time until the end of the year 1810; for which Tazewell the lessee covenanted to pay him for…
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In June 1825 Fortescue Whittle, as administrator of Conway Whittle deceased, filed his bill in the late Richmond chancery court against William Tazewell, surviving executor of Littleton Tazewell deceased, in which he stated, that on the 24th of March 1803 his intestate let by deed a tract of land in the county of James City called Piney Grove to Littleton Tazewell, to hold from that time until the end of the year 1810; for which Tazewell the lessee covenanted to pay him for the remaining part of the year 1803 one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, and during the residue of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMoncure, J.
The debt for which the decree in this case was rendered consists of two parts; first, a balance claimed to be due for personal property sold by Conway Whittle to Littleton Tazewell in March 1803; and secondly, a balance claimed to be due for *344rent of a tract of land called Piney Grove, leased by said Whittle to said Tazewell from that time until the end of 1809.
First: As to the balance claimed on account of the sale of personal property. This debt was due by 1 , A: 1 . . , „ "i parol contract. The original cause ot action accrued in 1803 or 1804. The suit was brought in 1825. It is of course…
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