Mayhew v. West Virginia Oil & Oil Land Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia
On motion (1) to confirm sale made to Charles H. Shattuck, March 17, 1885; (2) for a decree against J. N Camden, personally, for the difference between his bid of $173,050, October 1, 1884, and that of Shattuck, March 17, 1885, of $119,100; (3) to set aside order entered November 3, 1884, canceling the bond of Thompson and Payne and Chancellor, and directing a return of the deposit of $10,000.
1Opinion of the Court
Watte, Chief Justice.
The facts on which these motions depend are as follows:
Prior to the entry of the decree of November 17, 1883, an instrument in writing was prepared for the signatures of J. N. Camden, J. H. Carrington, W . II. Beach, A. C. Worth, Toledo National Bank, R. S. Blair, B. B. Valentine, and Heman Loomis, purporting to be a contract between these parties to protect their several interests in the suit, and to insure a sale of the property for an amount sufficient to pay the debts due to them respectively, in full. This paper was signed by Camden, Carrington, Worth, Valentine, and…
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