Jackson's Assignees v. Cutright
Supreme Court of Virginia
IN May, 1810, William Haymond and John Webster assignees of Edward Jackson, a Bankrupt, (so declared under the Act of Congress then in force,) filed their Bill in Chancery in the County Court of Harrison, against John Outright and William Clark, to compel performance óf a parol agreement of the defendant Outright, to convey a tract of land to the said Jackson, which, in violation of that agreement, he sold and conveyed to the defendant Clark, who purchased with full…
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IN May, 1810, William Haymond and John Webster assignees of Edward Jackson, a Bankrupt, (so declared under the Act of Congress then in force,) filed their Bill in Chancery in the County Court of Harrison, against John Outright and William Clark, to compel performance óf a parol agreement of the defendant Outright, to convey a tract of land to the said Jackson, which, in violation of that agreement, he sold and conveyed to the defendant Clark, who purchased with full knowledge of Jackson's title, as the Bill alleged. No answer was put in by Clark, and no proceedings against him appear in the…
1Opinion of the Court
*324January 20th, 1817,
Judge Roane
pronounced the Court’r opinion, that there was no error in the Decree, which therefore was affirmed.
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