Ratliff v. Sommers
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lewis County. Bill by William Ratliff against Martha M. Sommers and others. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MoWhorter, Judge:
William Ratliff filed his bill in the circuit court of Lewis county against Martha M. Sommers el al., heirs at law, and administrator da bonis non with the will annexed of G. D. Camden, deceased, for the purpose of enforcing specific performance of a contract made with the said G. D. Camden in his lifetime, for a tract of eighty-eight and three-fourth acres of land on Oil Creek, setting forth the metes and bounds thereof in his will, alleging that negotiations were commenced as early as 1874 for the purchase of said land, and filed with his bill as exhibits, certain letters…
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