Summers v. County of Kanawha

Woods, Judge:

On November 4, 1878, Lewis Summers filed his petition in the county court of Kanawha county, .alleging, that on Feb*161ruary 10, 1871, he sold and eohveyed to J. B. Walker a tract of land containing 160 acres, at the price of $40,000.00; that to secure the payment of the unpaid purchase-money, viz : $37,000.00, with interest from that date, the said Walker on the same day, conveyed said land to W. S. Laidley, in trust, with power to sell, in case default should be made in the payment of any of the instalments of said purchase-money; that the couuty court of Kanawha county, on…