Legal Opinion

Cummings v. Hamrick

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided May 19, 1914PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Webster County. Suit by A. L. Cummings against Sarah M. Hamrick. From decree for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

RobiNSON, Judge:

The suit is by a vendor of land against the vendee, for the enforcement of a vendor’s lien retained in the general warranty deed conveying the land. Defendant sought by her answer to be absolved from payment of the residue of the purchase money demanded by the suit, alleging deficiency in the acreage and breaches of the warranty as entitling her to an *408abatement of the purchase price in a sum equal to or larger than the unpaid residue. This defense on her part was overruled at the hearing of the cause, on full pleadings and proofs. A decree for plaintiff was entered. Defendant…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Crislip v. CainWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Rex v. CreelWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Smith v. WhiteWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
  4. McClaugherty v. CroftWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Cain v. FisherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. v. J. Natwick & Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Harper v. PauleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Woodward v. HarlinTexas Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Woodward v. HarlinTexas Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Gay v. GibsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919

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