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DE JARNETTE v. THOMAS M. BROOKS LUMBER COMPANY

97 S.E.2d 750 (1957)

199 Va. 18

J. W. DE JARNETTE, trading as, etc. v. THOMAS M. BROOKS LUMBER COMPANY, Incorporated.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 26, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Beazley, Bowling Green, and John B. Butzner, Jr., Fredericksburg, (Butzner & Hicks, Fredericksburg, on brief), for appellant.

Julien J. Mason, Bowling Green, and Walter E. Rogers, Richmond (Mason & Stehl, Bowling Green, Williams, Mullen, Pollard & Rogers, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

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

WHITTLE, Justice.

J. W. DeJarnette, trading as DeJarnette Lumber Company, filed a bill in chancery against Thomas M. Brooks Lumber Company, Incorporated, seeking an abatement in the purchase price and recovery of loss of profits growing out of alleged misrepresentations with respect to the kind and quantity of standing timber on two tracts of land aggregating 116 acres, purchased by him from the defendant under a timber deed.

Plaintiff alleged four misrepresentations...

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