Kinny v. Hoffman
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of Fauquier county, brought on the 28th of December, 1868, by Charles W. Hoffman against P. Cr. Kinny and several others, to have specific execution of a contract by which said Hoffman sold to said Kinny a tract of land of five hundred and eighty-five acres, in said county, at $25 per acre, and to have the liens by deed of trust and judgments ascertained, in order that he might make a clear title to the purchaser.
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This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of Fauquier county, brought on the 28th of December, 1868, by Charles W. Hoffman against P. Cr. Kinny and several others, to have specific execution of a contract by which said Hoffman sold to said Kinny a tract of land of five hundred and eighty-five acres, in said county, at $25 per acre, and to have the liens by deed of trust and judgments ascertained, in order that he might make a clear title to the purchaser. The written contract bears date on the 10th of August, 1868, and after setting out the land and the price to be paid, provides that…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
Held as stated in the headnotes.
Decree reversed.
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