McClaugherty v. Croft

English, PRESIDENT

(dissenting) :

This was a suit in equity brought in the Circuit Court of Mercer county by JD. W. McOlaugherty against D. H. Croft. The bill alleges: That the plaintiff sold to the defendant one-fourth of what is known as the “Hideout Property,” consisting of a house and lot on Bland street, in the city of Bluelield, Mercer County, W. Va., for the sum of one thousand dollars. That the defendant paid three hundred dollars in cash at the time of the purchase, and assumed a small balance of purchase money against said property, and executed two bonds to plaintiff for the…