Legal Opinion

Clark v. Gordon

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1891PublishedCited by 12 opinions

cited 27 W. Va. 17; 7 Wait Act. & Def. c. 51, § 1; 21 W. Va. 516; Sto. Eq. Juris. § 1212; 16 Atl. R.ep. 921; 5 Wait Act. & Def. 679 ; Sto. Eq. Juris. 784; 32 W. Va. 277; Sto. Eq. Juris. §§ 777, 779 ; 25 Gratt. 195; 22 Gratt. 83; 128 Ill. 340; 3 S. E. Rep. 376; 26 W. Va. 451; 18 W. Va. 521; 26 W. Va. 447; 30 W. Va. 335; Code, c. 74, s. 9 ; 10 W. Va. 87; 1 Am. Lead. Cas.

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cited 27 W. Va. 17; 7 Wait Act. & Def. c. 51, § 1; 21 W. Va. 516; Sto. Eq. Juris. § 1212; 16 Atl. R.ep. 921; 5 Wait Act. & Def. 679 ; Sto. Eq. Juris. 784; 32 W. Va. 277; Sto. Eq. Juris. §§ 777, 779 ; 25 Gratt. 195; 22 Gratt. 83; 128 Ill. 340; 3 S. E. Rep. 376; 26 W. Va. 451; 18 W. Va. 521; 26 W. Va. 447; 30 W. Va. 335; Code, c. 74, s. 9 ; 10 W. Va. 87; 1 Am. Lead. Cas. (5th Ed.) 37 ; 21 la. 205; 44 la. 642; 14 Mass. 136; 18 Pick. 136; 20 Pick. 49; 7 B. Mon. 11; 3 Conn. 450; 1 Rob. 131; Wait Fraud. Conv. § 369; 17 W. Va. 717. cited 15 W. Va. 567; 18 W. Va. 755; 21 W. Va. 469; 4 Rand. 368; 23…

1Opinion of the Court

English, Judge :

This was a suit in equity brought in the Circuit Court of McDowell county on the 20th day of June, 1789, by E. W. Clark, S. F. Tyler, and TI. M. Bell, trustees of the Flat Top Coal Land Association, lately known as the Flap Top Land Trust, plaintiffs, against Charles H. Gordon, Joshua Day, Hiram Christian, M. L. Murphy, and William Harmon defendants, for the purpose of enforcing the specific performance of an agreement for the sale of a tract of land said to contain one hundred acres.

The plaintiffs in their bill allege that on the lltli day of November, 1887, Charles II.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Barrett v. McAllisterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Watson v. CoastWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Curry v. HaleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879

3Cited by12 opinions

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  2. Breen v. MayneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  3. Cunningham v. CunninghamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Spinning v. DrakeWashington Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Collins v. ThomasWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1921

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