The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-16
THE SOLDIERS HONE LOTS.
rbe Purchasers Call On to Come UP ana
Settle.


On the afternoon of April llth a large
number Of lots, being that portion OF
the Soldiers Home property owned Dy
Lee Camp east Of the boulevard mere
were many purchasers and good prices
we're obtained. The total sum amounted
TO over Sal 900. Each purchaser piu LOT
the nropertv bona fde, and when cried
out TO him it was his ~ soon as
valid deed was given him
and he made the cash payment. Subse-
ouently some of the purchasers felt that
thew had engaged themselves to buy
property which, after the various AT
temnts of real estate dealers TO sell lots
elsewhere had failed, they thought was
not worth as much as they had engaged
10 nav for il. SO a microscopic lnspec-
lion of the titles to the deeds was
made. Colonel John III. Guy
and Mr.. James peasants were
emnloved by some of the purchasers 10
pass judgment on the validity OF tne
! titles TO these lots. They gave 1t as their
opinion that the sale should be ratiiied
by Lee Camp at their meeting. ms Lee
Camp did. there being present seventy
members in person and proxies Tor over
two hundred more, making large ma
iority of the three hundred and sixty
/ four members of the Camp.
After this action by the Camp had
been taken and recorded, counsel for the
purchasers. after having studied the law
! rearing on the case 10 a more thorough
decree. claimed that vote by proxy was
! invalid.
Messrs. Christian q Christian and
Pegram & Stringfellow, counsel for Lee
Camp. assent TO this last opinion, but
hold that the ratification by aquorum OF
the Camp-ten members-is all sufficient,
and call on the purchasers to come TO
the scratch in the following notlhcation'
RrcnMoND, Va. May -, 1889.
IL - Riclm0nd, Va.
Dear Sir. You are hereby notified
that we are ready to deliver TO you a
rood and valid deed for the land pur-
chased bv YOU at the sale of real estate
belonging TO Lee Camp, made on the
nth day OF April, 1889, at public auction,
upon your compliance with the terms Oh
said sale, and You are hereby requesle ca
TO come forward at once and complete
vour said purchases Some OF the pur'
cbasers have expressed the desire that we
shall have these sales ratified by a meeting
of the Camp at which a majority OF the
members should be present in person
We are advised by our oOunsel-Messrs
Christian & Christian and Pegram q
StringfellOw that such additional raill-
cation is unnecessary, but we are Will
ing. if n is desired. Ia attempt TO procure
such ratification, with the understand
ing. however, that we DO not consider II
necessary, but insist that everything has
already been done which is necessary
10 validate the said sales, and il
and difficulty should occur in
procuring the attendance of a majority
of our members at such proposed add.
tional meeting we shall insist that the
purchasers are bound 10 accept the title
now offered them. But il is 10 be dis
tinctly understood that any effort at
further ratification is only to satisfy
what we are advised by our counsel are
groundless scruples on the part of some
of the purchasers and is not 10 excuse
any delay on the part Of the purchaser
in complying with the purchases and re-
ceiving their deeds, which we are now
ready 10 deliver
Respectfully,