Moore v. Ligon
West Virginia Supreme Court
G-REEN, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: Isaac Moore at the September rules, 1882, filed his bill-against Sallie G. Ligón and John Ligón her husband. The following is his bill: “ The bill of complaint of Isaac Moore filed in the circuit court of Pocahontas county, against Sallie G. Ligón and John Ligón.
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G-REEN, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: Isaac Moore at the September rules, 1882, filed his bill-against Sallie G. Ligón and John Ligón her husband. The following is his bill: “ The bill of complaint of Isaac Moore filed in the circuit court of Pocahontas county, against Sallie G. Ligón and John Ligón. “ The plaintiff complains and says that on the 2d day of May, 1877, Sallie G. Ligón became the purchaser at a judicial .sale, under a decree of the circuit court of said county, rendered in the chancery cause of James Wood’s JEx’or v. John W. Warwick et als., of all the…
1Opinion of the Court
GREEN, Judge:
The first question for our consideration is: Should the demurrer to the bill in this cause have been overruled, as was done by the circuit court in its decree of June 19, 1883 ? To determine this question we must first decide, whether on the facts stated in the bill the plaintiff has a right to demand a specific performance of the written contract (filed with the bill) entered into by the plaintiff and the defendant, Sallie G. Ligón, a married woman, which contract was executed also by her husband, the bill stating that all the provisions of said contract imposing obligations on…
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