BLUE RIDGE BANK AND TRUST CO. v. Trosen

ROBERT G. ULRICH, Judge.

Randy and Nancy Hanson appeal the judgment decreeing that they failed to timely exercise the preemptive right, granted to them by covenant, to purchase certain real property contiguous to their residence. They claim as two points on appeal that because they properly exercised their preemptive right to purchase the property, (1) the trial court erroneously declared or applied the law and (2) the court’s judgment was against the weight of the evidence. The first point is granted, the judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

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