Holmes v. Basham

Lovins, Judge:

This appeal was granted to George Holmes, administrator of the estate of Landon E. Price and Mary F. Evans, from an adverse decree of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County. The appeal raises the single question whether certain transactions between the original plaintiffs, Landon E. Price and Mary E. Price, and the defendant, G. K. Basham, constitute a mortgage or a contract of conditional sale.

During the pendency of the suit, Landon E. Price was adjudged insane, and the suit was revived in the name of George Holmes as his committee. Shortly thereafter Landon E. Price died…