Camden v. Harris
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from and supersedeas to a- decree of the circuit court of the county of Gilmer, rendered on the 22d day of November, 1870, in a cause in said court-then pending, wherein Richard P. Camden and others were plaintiffs, and William Harris and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of A. S. Core. Hon. Robert S. Brown, late judge of the circuit court for Gilmer county, rendered the judgment appealed from.
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Appeal from and supersedeas to a- decree of the circuit court of the county of Gilmer, rendered on the 22d day of November, 1870, in a cause in said court-then pending, wherein Richard P. Camden and others were plaintiffs, and William Harris and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of A. S. Core. Hon. Robert S. Brown, late judge of the circuit court for Gilmer county, rendered the judgment appealed from. Moore, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: Weden Hoffman and Richard P. Camden on the 13th day of April, in the year 1850, brought a suit in chancery in the…
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, Judge
' The appellant, Core, in his fourth assignment of error, held that the court had no jurisdiction of this cause in chancery. A court of equity has jurisdiction to enforce the specific execution of a contract. The object of this bill was for that purpose; to compel Harris to comply with his contract with the plaintiffs, who had performed their part as agreed, and to obtain a proper conveyance to them of the land they had contracted for. Equity therefore had jurisdiction of the subject-matter. The circuit court of Gilmer county had jurisdiction, because the defendant, Harris, resided in said…
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