Jones v. Hudson
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Neely, Justice:
This case concerns a contract for the sale of land voided by the Circuit Court of Jackson County on the ground that the description of the property attempted to be conveyed was vague, indefinite, and insufficient as a matter of law. Plaintiffs below, as buyers, brought an action seeking specific performance of the contract, and on September 18, 1975, the circuit court entered an order granting defendant-sellers’ motion to dismiss the action. The plaintiffs below prosecuted this appeal from the circuit court’s order, and we reverse.
In its entirety the contract reads as follows:
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