Bennett v. Pierce
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County. Suit by Maggie Bennett against W. N. Pierce. Decree for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, PRESIDENT:
This is a chancery suit in the circuit court of Barbour County brought by Maggie Bennett against W. N. Pierce to enforce a lien for purchase money reserved in a deed of conveyance from Bennett to Pierce, resulting in a decree against Pierce for the purchase money and subjecting the land to sale, from which decree Pierce appeals.
Pierce resists payment of the purchase money on the ground of defects in the title to the land conferred by the deed from Bennett to him. This case was once before in this Court, as will be seen in 45 W. Va. 654. It was there stated that two of the…
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