CORONADO-INGLENOOK LAND & DEVELOP. CO. v. BLACK


96 S.E.2d 737 (1957)

198 Va. 772

CORONADO-INGLENOOK LAND and DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Incorporated, v. Gordon W. BLACK and Thais S. Black.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Worthington, Luther W. White, III, Norfolk (Jordan A. Pugh, III, Worthington & White, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Alan S. Mirman, Norfolk (Stant & Mirman, Norfolk, on brief), for defendants in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, and SNEAD, JJ.


MILLER, Justice.

The Coronado-Inglenook Land and Development Company, Inc., hereinafter called Coronado or the corporation, instituted action against Gordon W. Black and Thais S. Black, his wife, hereinafter called defendants, to recover compensatory and punitive damages for alleged willful and malicious breach of an option contract held by Coronado to purchase real estate owned by defendants. Upon conclusion of the evidence offered by Coronado, the court sustained...

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