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HAWKS v. SPARKS

133 S.E.2d 536 (1963)

204 Va. 717

J. E. HAWKS v. C. O. SPARKS et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 2, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. M. Gravatt, Jr., Blackstone, for appellant.

William Earle White, Petersburg (J. H. Barney, White, Hamilton, Wyche & Shell, Petersburg, on brief), for appellees.

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

I'ANSON, Justice.

This suit was instituted by John Edward Hawks, appellant, to compel specific performance of a written contract made by C. O. Sparks, Charlie R. Sparks and Tilda Sparks, in which they agreed to sell 452½ acres of land in Amelia county, Virginia, to the appellant.

After considering the evidence taken by depositions, the exhibits and argument of counsel, the chancellor, in a written opinion, denied the relief prayed for and entered a decree...

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