Snouffer's Adm'r v. Hansbrough
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Roanoke county, rendered 13th October, 1883, in the cause of Caleb Nininger, administrator of J. B. Snouffer, deceased, against Hiram Hansbrough and others.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Roanoke county, rendered 13th October, 1883, in the cause of Caleb Nininger, administrator of J. B. Snouffer, deceased, against Hiram Hansbrough and others. By agreement in writing, dated 10th June, 1868, G. W. Hansbrough, as agent for H. Hansbrough, sold to J. B. Snouffer “all of that certain tract of land situated in Roanoke county, known as ‘ Belle Grove,' and containing 777 acres, more or less, being the same land which was conveyed to said H. Hansbrough by G. W. Mc-Chesney and wife, by deed dated 19th of October, 1857, and of record in the clerk’s…
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
Upon the former appeal in this case, which will be found reported in Va. Law Journal for 1881, at p. 652, under the style of Snouffer v. Hansbrough, Judge Christian, in delivering the opinion of this court, said : “ The bill charges fraud and misrepresentation. The answer, which to this extent is directly responsive, explicitly denies those charges. If we look to the evidence of the complainants alone, the charge of fraud and misrepresentation is clearly made out. On the other hand, if we look to the evidence of the defendants (independent of the answer as evidence), the transaction will…
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