Jones v. Cunningham
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal, with stay of proceedings, granted by the Hon. Evermont Ward, judge of tlie ninth judicial circuit, on the petition óf William A. Jones, from a decree of the circuit court of Kanawha county, rendered an the 31st day of May, 1873, in two suits therein pending, which came on to be heard together, wherein said Jones was •complainant and John S. Cunningham and Edward B. Knight, trustee in a deed of trust executed by said Jones and his wife to secure said Cunningham in the…
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Appeal, with stay of proceedings, granted by the Hon. Evermont Ward, judge of tlie ninth judicial circuit, on the petition óf William A. Jones, from a decree of the circuit court of Kanawha county, rendered an the 31st day of May, 1873, in two suits therein pending, which came on to be heard together, wherein said Jones was •complainant and John S. Cunningham and Edward B. Knight, trustee in a deed of trust executed by said Jones and his wife to secure said Cunningham in the sum of $2,000, with the interest thereon, and dated April 26, 1871, were respondents. The other facts appear in the…
1Opinion of the Court
HAYMOND, PRESIDENT :
On the 26th day of April, 1871, the plaintiff borrowed of the defendant, Cunningham, the sum of $2000, and executed his note therefor to Cunningham, payable two years after date, with ten per cent interest, payable semi-annually in advance; and plaintiff by deed, of the date aforesaid, conveyed to defendant, Knight, a tract of land containing fifty acres, more or less, situate in Ka-nawha, county, in trust to secure to defendant, Cunningham, said debt and interest from date, at the rate aforesaid, and payable, as aforesaid ; the debt to be paid in two years from the date…
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