Gish v. Moomaw

Citations

• 89 Va. 376
• 17 S.E. 324
• 1893 Va. LEXIS 65

Syllabus

<p>1. Sale op Land—Covenants—Construction—Case at bar.—Vendor covenants that on payment of first instalment of price he will make title in fee to, and, by such conveyances as the grantees, or their-counsel, may reasonably require, convey and release such land in possesssion to the grantees, free from incumbrances or demands.</p> <p>Held :</p> <p>Vendor is required by his covenant to convey the land to vendees by deed with proper covenants of title, but the grantees’ satisfaction with the title is not necessary as a condition precedent to make the acceptance of the deed obligatory on them.</p> <p>2. Idem.—Averett v. Lipscomb, 76 Va. 404, and Watts v. Holland, 86 Va. 999, distinguished from case at bar.</p>