Moore v. Moore
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Clay County. Suit for specific performance by Doyal Moore, an infant, and others against J. K. Moore, pending which J. K. Moore died, and the case was revived against H. P. Moore and others as his heirs and personal representatives. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendant H. P. Moore appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
This suit was instituted by Doyal Moore, infant son of the late I. C. Moore, or Clayton Moore, against J. K. Moore, grandfather of said Doyal Moore, and father of said I. C. Moore, to compel the specific execution of an alleged contract for the sale of a tract of land by the said J. K. Moore to the said I. C. Moore in his lifetime. Pending the suit J. Ñ. Moore died, *11and the same was revived against his personal representative and heirs-at-law. From a decree requiring the contract to be specifically executed, the defendant H. P. Moore prosecutes this appeal.
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