CROWDER v. COMMONWEALTH, DEPT. OF WELFARE & INST.


121 S.E.2d 487 (1961)

202 Va. 871

J. T. CROWDER et al. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia, DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. M. Minter, Philip Kohen, Fincastle (Minter & Breckinridge, Fincastle, on brief), for appellants.

Paul D. Stotts, Special Counsel, Richmond (Frederick T. Gray, Atty. Gen., M. Ray Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE, SNEAD, I'ANSON and CARRICO, JJ.


WHITTLE, Justice.

The Crowders were awarded an appeal from a final decree entered in the circuit court wherein the Commonwealth of Virginia was granted the specific performance of a contract for the sale of land.

The case was heard ore tenus by the chancellor. The record discloses that on February 20, 1959, D. P. Edwards, Superintendent of the State Convict Road Force, on behalf of the Commonwealth, secured...

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