Beirne v. Brown
West Virginia Supreme Court
This was a suit in equity brought in the circuit court of Monroe county, before Judge Nathaniel Harrison, and was brought on appeal to this court by Beirne, the complainant in the court below, and the case is fully stated in the opinion of Judge Berkshire.
1Opinion of the CourtBerkshire, J.
In May, 1866, the appellant instituted a suit in equity against the appellee, the object of which was to enforce the vendor’s lien on a certain tract of land in Monroe county, which the former sold to the latter in December, 1862. The contract shows that the price of the land was 25 dollars per acre, which was to be paid in cash or in deferred payments, with interest, as the parties should agree upon. The tract- was supposed to contain upwards of six hundred acres, and the complainant was to have it accurately surveyed and the quantity ascertained.
The bill was filed in June, 1866, and alleges…
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