Rease v. Kittle
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from. Circuit Court, Barbour County. Action by F. P. Eease against C. B. Kittle and others. De•cree for plaintiff, and defendant O. C. Womelsdorf appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBERGER, PRESIDENT :
The principal inquiry in this case is whether a continuing ■offer in writing under .seal, to sell land, irrevocable because .based upon a valuable consideration, and made to a particular person, vests in that person an equitable title to the land which he can convey to a third person or is capable of assignment to such third person.
C. B.- Kittle executed and delivered to J. E. Howell such a contract which reads as follows, omitting formal parts and descriptions of the land: "That the aforesaid C. B. Kittle has this day agreed to give the aforesaid J. E. Howell, an…
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