McKee v. Bunting, McNeal Real Estate Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Bichmond in a proceeding by motion under section 3211 of the Code. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
(after making the foregoing statement), delivered the opinion of the court.
There is no pretence that Mrs. McKee had erected upon the land conveyed to her a dwelling house costing $4,100, as she had the option to do under her offer of purchase, or that she had paid the $550 which she undertook to pay in the event she did not erect such dwelling house; or that she had paid more than $3,000 of the $3,550 which is stated in the deed as the consideration to be paid and as having-been paid by her.
It seems to be well settled in this State, and generally in this country, that the consideration clause…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Watkins v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
- Hebbard v. . HaughianNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Trout v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1907
- Langhorne v. Richmond City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Eureka Club v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
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