Legal Opinion

Moore v. Ligon

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 23, 1887PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Statement of the case by Woods, Judge : This is the sequel of the case of Moore v. Ligón, decided by this Court in October, 1883, reported in 22 W. Ya. 292-302. When that case was before this Court we decided, that the contract entered into on the twenty third of August, 1877, between Sallie G. Ligón and her husband, John'Ligón, of the one part, and Isaac Moore, of the other part, whereby Sallie G. Ligón agreed to sell, transfer and convey to him the lands and rents therein…

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Statement of the case by Woods, Judge : This is the sequel of the case of Moore v. Ligón, decided by this Court in October, 1883, reported in 22 W. Ya. 292-302. When that case was before this Court we decided, that the contract entered into on the twenty third of August, 1877, between Sallie G. Ligón and her husband, John'Ligón, of the one part, and Isaac Moore, of the other part, whereby Sallie G. Ligón agreed to sell, transfer and convey to him the lands and rents therein mentioned, upon the payment by Moore of certain costs and expenses paid by her, and of $13,277.74 of the unpaid…

1Opinion of the Court

Woods, Judge:

The appellant, for grounds of error, assigns, the following : (1) In directing its commissioner to ascertain and report any other sums paid by the appellee than the amounts of her obligations to commissioners Mathews and Skeen; (2) in directing the annual rental value of the land to be estimated as of the time it went into the possession of Isaac Moore; (3) in directing an account to betaken of the improvements; (4) in overruling appellant’s exception to the commissioner’s report; (5) in directing the sale of the land “in the bill and proceedings mentioned,” when there is nothing…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Handy v. Scott, Baker & Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Boyd v. GunnisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Early & Wife v. FriendSupreme Court of Virginia · 1860
  4. Graham v. GrahamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Moore v. LigonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Williamson v. JonesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Hulings v. Hulings Lumber. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Pickens v. StoutWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Weigand v. Alliance Supply Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Stewart v. StewartWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894

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