Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-11
at ,e my Il a0''0n1 GEORGE w. MAYO Auc,oneer.

ie il GEORGE W. MAYO, Auctloneer.
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF
~ LARGE AND VALUABLE PROPERTY AT
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, FRONTING 400 FEET
ON THE RIVER AND COMPRISING 2Ob
ACRES.-Pursuant 20 a decree OF the Circuit
Court Of Warwick county entered on the l1th
day OF December, 1890, in the Chancery suit Of
Il. X. Hudgns, executor Of Eliza G. Hudgins,
deceased rs. John s. Tucker and others the
undersigned special commissioners Will sell AT
public auction on
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1891,
at 1 1 o'clock, A NJ, in front Of tho courthouse
door, under the Warwick Hotel az Newport
News, Va, the "REAL ESTATE in the said bill
and proceedings mentioned and described,
consisting Of 20la acres, which was purchased by
John 5. Tucker and John b. Whitehead OF
Charles X. Mallory, Thomas Tabb, and George
NJ. Peek, special commissioners, in the CONSOLE
dated suits then pending in the Circuit Court OF
Elizabeth City county, entitled Brinkley, &c, rs
Latlmer and others, Willis and wife rs. Latimer
and others, and Peek ps. West and others, az
appears by the report Of said special comnls-
siOners In said suits dated October L, 1877,
which was confirmed by a decree OF said court In
said suits, entered on October ?, 1872 wherein
the said tract Is described "a los No. on lyys
plat Of the Parker West Lands, and which may
be further described as bounded on the SOUTH
west by James river, ON the north by Pumpkin
Hall tract and separated from IL by Newport
News creek, on the west by lOttNO. Ton SAID IVY
plat, and on the east by lot No. on said plat"
OF the purchase money 10 BIO paid In cash, and
the balance thereof in three equal instruments,
payable with interest from date, six, twelve, and
eighteen months, respectively, after the day OF
sale, for which the purchaser or purchasers snall
give bonds or notes payable to the said special
commissioners, and the title retained until the
further order Of the court; or the purchaser
may at his option pay all cash; or for the secu-
rity Of the said deferred instruments execute
deed Of trust upon the lot or lots purchased by
him, TO be drawn and recorded at his expense
The Property will be offered at said sale as
whole, and so sold II the price bid should be sat
isfactory. II not, IL will be divided into parcels
or into lots, and a diagram or map OF same
showing such parcels or lots will be exhibited at
sale.
This is in every respect one Of the most yalua-
BILE properties at Newport News, combining
every advantage for waterfront, wharf, and
warehouse property, and building lots. IL
fronts 400 feet or more on the river, running
back 20 a depth Of about 5000 feet, and en-
braCing 20lS acres il Is unsurpassed either AS
q wharf-frontage or for building purposes, and
offers TO capitalists the finest opportunity for a
large and most profitable investment. IL lies
between the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad pro-
perty and the mouth Of the river.
The said special commissioners are also au-
thOrzed under the decree TO sell the Property az
private sale, or part NJ private and part AT pub
lie sale, and private offers Will be entertained by
them before the day appointed for the auction
sale. RICHARD b. TUNSIALL,
THOMAS TABB,
RICHARD Wake,
Special Commissioners.