Barrett v. McAllister

Bhannon, Judge :

In June, 1887, Frank Barrett brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Pocahontas county against William McAllister and others, alleging in. his bill that on April 8,1887, William McAllister, Samuel C. Tardy, and Samuel C. Tardy, Jr., owned a tract of land in Pocahontas county containing 4,711 acres, composed of several contiguous parcels conveyed by a deed exhibited with the bill; that on April 8, 1887, he entered into negotiations with said McAllister and Tardys, through McAllister, acting for himself and said Tardys, for the purchase of 2,500 acres, part of said 4,711…