BASS v. SMITH

Record No. 840734.

360 S.E.2d 162 (1987)

Charles F. BASS, Jr., et al. v. Gary L. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Carter (Dietrick and Carter, P.C., Portsmouth, on briefs), for appellants.

Jesse J. Johnson, Jr. (Eure and Johnson, P.C., Suffolk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a decree granting a buyer's prayer for specific performance of a contract for the sale of realty and ordering the sellers' wives, strangers to the contract, to join in the deed of conveyance.

Under the contract, John M. Carter and Charles F. Bass, Jr., agreed to sell and Gary L. Smith agreed to buy a tract of land. The sellers' wives did not join in the contract. Smith filed a bill of complaint, ultimately amended to demand...

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