Burruss v. Hines
Supreme Court of Virginia
- Error to a judgment of the Court of Law and Chancery .of the city of Norfolk, rendered April 5, 1895, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBiely, J.
The plaintiff and defendant were owners of adjoining lots in the city of Norfolk. Upon the lot of the defendant was a brick storage warehouse, while that of the plaintiff was unimproved. The plaintiff desiring to improve his lot also, had, prioi to November 29, 1892, entered into a contract for the erection thereon of a double store and office building. It was to be ready for occupation by May 1, 1893, from which date the plaintiff had rented one-half of the building for the sum of one hundred dollars per month, and the other store for the sum of seventy-five dollars per month.
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