Shiflett v. Long's Adm'x

Citations

• 23 Va. 718

Syllabus

<p>On the 19th of December 1862, L and S made an agreement in writing, which recited that L had that day purchased of B two tracts of land, one of 100 and the other of 50 acres, adjoining, for the price of §1,703 25; and L agreed to let S have the use and possession of the land for five years from date, on condition that S wonld pay to L punctually at the end of each year, the interest on said sum ; and if at the end of five years S had paid the interest, and would then [pay the whole of the said principal sum, L would make such a deed in fee simple to S for the land as B should make to L. And S agreed to take the land on these terms. • B had purchased the larger parcel from S, and had mide a similar agreement with him, with which S had failed to comply; and it was at the instance of S that L had purchased the land, he paying B in Confederate currency, though the debt due from S to B was due before the war. This is not a Confederate contract; but S must pay to L the §1,708.25, in good money.</p>