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HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY v. COX

148 S.E.2d 756 (1966)

207 Va. 197

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY v. Henry T. COX.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 13, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Merrill Pasco, Richmond (Jack Spain, Jr., Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

Paul M. Shuford, Richmond (Wallerstein, Goode, Adamson, & Dobbins, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

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

GORDON, Justice.

Henry T. Cox brought this suit against Humble Oil & Refining Company for a declaratory judgment and accompanying equitable relief. He asked the court to void a lease agreement, dated April 13, 1964 (which we will refer to as the "Lease"), between Humble and him. The trial court decreed the Lease "rescinded, cancelled and of no further effect" because it "was procured by overreaching on the part of * * * [Humble's] agents amounting to constructive...

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