Herold v. Barlow
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Pocahontas County. Bill by Andrew Herold and others against Amos Barlow and others. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendant, Amos Barlow, appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Brandon, Judge:
On the 19th of September, 1891, and for a considerable time prior thereto, Horace M. Lockridge was engaged in the business of a real-estate agent, and buying and selling lots, at a town called “Buena Vista,” in Virginia. Buena Vista is what is known as a “boom town,” where lots at one time sold at fabulous prices, and then collapsed and fell to nominal prices, or became wholly unsalable. Lockridge had been raised in Pocahontas County, in this State, and went from there to Buena Vista, where he resided, and engaged in the business just stated. He dealt largely in lots at that…
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