Legal Opinion · Dissent

Harper v. Pauley

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 1, 1953No. 10572Published

1DissentHaymoND, Judge

As I am thoroughly convinced from the record in its entirety in this case that the defendants, Rhodie Pauley and George H. Pauley, her husband, have no valid defense to the claim of the plaintiff to specific performance of the written contract of sale executed by the defendant Rhodie Pauley of the four tracts aggregating sixty eight and one half acres, more or less, of land owned by her, I dissent from the decision of the majority which reverses the decree of the circuit court granting specific performance and relieves her of the obligation fairly imposed upon her by the contract of sale.

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2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Tynes v. ShoreWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Webb v. RitterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Spradling v. SpradlingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
  4. West Va. O. & O. L. Co. v. VinalWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
  5. Barrett v. McAllisterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890

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