Cook v. Griffith
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Raleigh County. Aetion by Harvey Cook against John R. Griffith. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
In the case of Griffith v. Cook, 74 W. Va. 452, 82 S. E. 256, Cook, by pleading and relying on the statute of frauds, defeated Griffith, in an action against him for the balance of purchase money claimed as due from Cook, for an interest in six several tracts of land sold him.
In the present suit Cook sued Griffith in assumpsit to recover back the amount of purchase money paid Griffith, as he claims, in full for an interest in one of said tracts, and which Griffith had refused to convey him, but as Griffith contends, in part payment for an interest in all six of said tracts, and…
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