Legal Opinion

Davis v. Alford

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1932No. 7302PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Maxwell, Judge:

This is an action of fraud and deceit. The defendant prosecutes writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of Putnam County for $500.00 based on verdict.

The evidence is very conflicting but under the verdict we must consider the evidence in the aspect most favorable to the plaintiff. From the plaintiff’s evidence the jury was warranted in the belief that the plaintiff entered into a verbal arrangement with the defendant whereby the latter was to purchase at a trustee’s sale a certain garage property in the town of Poca, Putnam County, which property was being sold by the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Lloyd v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1928
  2. Dowd v. TuckerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1874
  3. Laing v. McKeeMichigan Supreme Court · 1865
  4. Cerny v. Paxton & Gallagher Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Love v. TeterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Spradling v. SpradlingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Cottrell v. NurnbergerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Janssen v. Carolina Lumber Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Dyke v. AllemanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
  5. TRADERS BANK v. DilsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2010

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