Harper v. Pauley

81 S.E.2d 728 (1953)

HARPER

v.

PAULEY et al.

No. 10572.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted September 22, 1953.

Decided December 1, 1953.

Dissenting Opinion May 5, 1954.

J. Campbell Palmer, III, Robert L. Elkins, Charleston, for appellants.

Kay, Casto & Chaney, Vincent V. Chaney, Charleston, for appellee.

GIVEN, Judge.

Plaintiff, J. B. Harper, instituted a chancery proceeding in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County praying for specific performance of a written option relating to the sale of real estate, the title to which was vested in one of the defendants, Rhodie Pauley, wife of the…