Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-04

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF
~ LARGE AND VALUABLE PROPERTY AT
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, FRONTING 400 FEET
ON THE RIVER AND COMPRISING 2Ol5
ACRES.-Pursuant to decree OF the Circat
Court OF Warwick county entered on the I'm
day OF December $780, in the Chancery suit OF
" l.. X. Hudgins, executor OF Eliza G. Hudglns'
deceased, u.s. John 5. Tucker and others" the
undersigned special commissioners VIII sell at
public auction on
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1891,
at IL o'clock, A. NJ, in front Of the courthouse
door, under the Warwick Hotel, at Newport
News, Va, the "REAL ESTATE in the said Din
aud proceedings mentioned and described
consisting of 201b acres, which was purchased by
John 5. Tucker and John b. Whitehead OF
Charles X Mallory, Thomas Tabb and George
NJ Peck, special commissioners, In tho consoil-
dated suits then pending IN the circuit Court Oh
Elizabeth City county, entitled BrinRley, &C, vs.
Latimer and others, Willis and wife u. Latlmer
and others, and Peck rS. West and others, as
appears by the report OF said special connls-
siOners In said suits dated October l, 1877,
which was confirmed by n decree OF said court IN
said suits, entered on October ., 1877, wherein
the said tract is described as lot No. on lYys
plat OF the Parker West Lands, and which may
be further described "a bounded on the south
west by James river, on tho north by Pumpkin
Hall tract and separated from It by Newport
News creek, on the west by lot No. on SAID Ivy
plat, and on the east by lot No. 9on said plat
The TERMS or THE SALE WILL BE: "Ono third
the balance thereof in three equal insta lnehtS,
payable with interest from date, six, twelve, and
eighteen months, respectively, after the day OF
sale, for which the purchaserOr purchasers snail
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 5ecu-
rity Of the said deferred instruments execute
decd OF trust upon the lot or lots purchased by
him, 70 DO drawn and recorded nc his expense
The Property will be olered at said sale rs
WHOLE and 20 sold II The price bid should be sat-
isiactory. 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 az
sale.
This is In every respect one OF the most valua-
Bile properties at Newport News, combining
every advantage for waterfront, wharf, ana
warehouse property, and building dots. II
fronts 400 feet or more on the river, running
back TO depth Of about 5000 feot, and en-
braclng 20l6 acres IL Is unsurpassed either as
wharf-frOntage or for building purposes, and
offers to capitalists the finest opportunity for
large and most profitable investment 10 lies
between tho Chesapeake and Ohio railroad pro-
perty and the mouth OF the river.
The said special commissioners are also au-
thorized under the decree TO sell the Property at
private sale, or part at 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. TUNSTALL,
THOMAS TABB,
RICHARD Wake,
Special Commissioners.