Depue v. Sergent
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal and supersedeas to a decree of. the circuit court oí the county of Roane, rendered on the 18th day of March, 1880, in a suit in chancery in the said court then pending, wherein Henry Depue was plaintiff and James M. Sergent was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Sergent. lion. Joseph Smith, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from.
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Appeal and supersedeas to a decree of. the circuit court oí the county of Roane, rendered on the 18th day of March, 1880, in a suit in chancery in the said court then pending, wherein Henry Depue was plaintiff and James M. Sergent was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Sergent. lion. Joseph Smith, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. GreeN, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: At August rules, 1877, Henry Depue tiled his bill in the county court of Roane county against J. M. Sergent alleging, that on November 17, 1873, he sold…
1Judgment of the CourtGreen, Judge
In this case, the written contract for the sale of the land under the hands and seals of the parties, is thus worded : “Henry Depue has this day sold to James M. Sergent, a tract of land situated on Island run on the waters of Spring creek, containing five hundred acres more or less, for the sum and consideration of one thousand two hundred dollars cash paid in hand and three thousand three hundred dollars (to be paid in specified times with interest from date).” The deed dated the 17th day of November, 1873, executed by Depue and wife to Sergent for this land, is as follows: “That for and in…
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