Ensminger v. Peterson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Bill by RT. A. Ensminger and another against B. W. Peterson. Decree for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
McWHORTER, PRESIDENT:
This is a snit in equity by RT. A. Ensminger and H. L. Smith against B. Walker Peterson, vendee of Samuel M. Eox and George Eox, executors of the last will and testament of George Eox, M. D., to enforce the specific performance of a contract in writing claimed to have been made by Thomas Tucker, agent of George Eox M. D. and W. E. Peterson, dated March 19, 1884. Dr. George Eox lived, in Philadelphia and was the owner of several large tracts of land in Wetzel, Tyler and Marion Counties now West Virginia. On the 20th day of RTovember, 1837, the said George Eox M. D.…
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