Shickel v. Berryville Land & Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Prince "William county, pronounced May 9, 1899, in the chancery suit of Ricamore, for, &c. v. The Berryville Land and Improvement Co. S Others, and from decrees pronounced by the Circuit Court of Clarke county in the same case at May term, 1893, August 22, 1893; at the October term, 1893, and at a special term held January 8, 1898.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
George 0. Bicamore sold certain real estate to the Berryville Land and Improvement Company, and reserved a vendor’s lien to secure the unpaid balance of the purchase money. To enforce this lien, he instituted a suit in the Circuit Court of Clarke county, in -which the Berryville Land and Improvement Company was made a party defendant, and, at the May term, 1893, a decree was entered directing the sale of a portion of the company’s real estate. By the same decree the cause was referred to a master commissioner, with directions to convene the general…
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