Sulphur Mines Co. v. Boswell, Bowman & Shuman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Louisa county, pronounced March 21, 1894, in a suit in chancery wherein Boswell, Bowman and Shuman, and another, were the complainants, and the appellant and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
On September 17, 1891, the firm of Boswell, Bowman & Shuman, and John S. Fleming, bought from the heirs at law of Robert S. Ellis, deceased, all of the pyrites or sulphur vein on a certain tract of land in Louisa county, and also fifty yards in width of the surface of the land so located as to include the said vein, and agreed to pay therefor the sum of $7,500, on January 12, 1892, and the like sum with interest thereon twelve months thereafter. The vendors bound themselves, upon the receipt of the first payment, to make to the vendees ‘ ‘a good and perfect title in fee simple,” to the…
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