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WOOD v. WOOD

Record No. 750617.

224 S.E.2d 159 (1976)

216 Va. 922

Wendell W. WOOD v. Elva W. WOOD, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of W. Warren Wood, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart F. Carwile, Charlottesville (David W. Kudravetz, Carwile, Kudravetz & Krumm, Charlottesville, on briefs), for appellant.

Herbert A. Pickford, Charlottesville (William G. Barkley, Belt & Pickford, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellee.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMON, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

We consider a purchaser's appeal from the denial of his request for specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate. The trial court found that time became of the essence of the contract, and we review that determination.

The facts are without substantial conflict. On July 21, 1971 plaintiff Wendell W. Wood, the purchaser, agreed to buy from sellers W. Warren Wood and Elva W. Wood, his wife, a 10.75-acre tract of land...

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