Dorr v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Pocahontas County. Suit by C. P. Dorr against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Decree for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LyNCh, Judge:
By an original bill plaintiff prayed specific performance .of an alleged contract for an annual pass over an interstate railway during his life, in consideration of the grant of an easement in fee for a right of way over lands owned by him in Pocahontas County. By two amended bills, containing substantially the same averments, though with some slight additions, he prayed in the alternative for either specific performance or cancellation of the grant. The lower court denied *152specific performance, but .cancelled tbe deed and thereby restored the parties to their original status.
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