Herndon v. Meadows
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to. Circuit Court, Raleigh County. Action by A. M. Herndon and others against Thomas Meadows. Directed verdict for defendant, and judgment of nil capiat thereon, and plaintiff Herndon brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Rirz, Judge :
The defendant was the owner of a tract of about one hundred acres of land in Raleigh county, and the plaintiff Herndon desired to secure a lease thereon for the purpose of operating the same for coal. After some negotiations a conclusion was arrived at to the effect that the defendant would lease the land to Herndon and defendant's grandson, C. P. Tolley, upon certain terms. The plaintiff undertook to have the contract reduced to writing, and with that view he had a writing prepared purporting to¡ be between the defendant of the first part, and himself and C. P. Tolley, of the…
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