Wolford v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of city of Williamsburg and county of James City. Decree for complainants. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This is a suit for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate. Louis J. Hansen, who was the owner of a tract of thirty-five acres of land near the city of Williamsburg, gave to the appellees, E. P. Jackson and H. P. Hammond, on February 28, 1916, an option to purchase this land, within three months, at the price of $4,250, of which the sum of $50 was paid in cash, and for the residue of which credits were extended. On March 8, 1916, the appellees, Jackson and Hammond, gave the appellants an option to purchase the same land, within sixty days, at the sum of $7,000, of…
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