Moore v. Patchin
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Pocahontas County. Suit in equity by C. L. Moore and others against Edwin Patchin and others. From a decree for the complainants, defendant Horroeks Desk Company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge :
This appeal brings up a controversy between the Horroeks Desk Company, appellant, claiming to be the purchaser from Edwin Patchin of 126,683 feet of oak lumber sawed and stacked upon the mill yards, and Patchings creditors who claim that title had not passed to appellant.
Appellant claims under an unrecorded written contract for the purchase of 400,000 feet of oak lumber, more or less, which contains the following provisions, viz.: That said company is to pay Patchin $17.00 per M. log scale, Doyle’s rule, to be delivered f. o. b. cars at Marlinton; that it was to be…
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