Conrad v. Buck
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from a decree, with supersedeas to apart thereof, of the circuit court of the county of Hampshire, rendered on the 10th day of September, 1880, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein Holmes Conrad, trustee, was plaintiff, and William M. Buck and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Conrad. Hon. James H. Armstrong, judge of the fourth judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from.
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Appeal from a decree, with supersedeas to apart thereof, of the circuit court of the county of Hampshire, rendered on the 10th day of September, 1880, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein Holmes Conrad, trustee, was plaintiff, and William M. Buck and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Conrad. Hon. James H. Armstrong, judge of the fourth judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. cited the following authorities; 29 Gratt. 697; 17 Gratt. 386; 2 Lead. Cas. Eq. 281; 6 Watt. & S. 190; 2 Patt. &…
1Opinion of the Court
Snyder, Judge,
announced, the opinion of the Court:
By written agreement, between John B. Bicards, John N. Buck and Thomas L. Blakemore, dated October 19,1849, the said parties agreed to form themselves into a partnership under the firm name of Bicards, Buck & Blakemore, for the purpose of purchasing certain lots and tracts of land in and near Watsontown — Capon Springs — in the county of Hampshire and State of Virginia, and of erecting thereon an extensive hotel and other improvements, the said Bicards to furnish one half and the other partners one fourth each of the capital which was to be…
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