Hall v. Gambrill
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia. This was a suit in equity by Cyrus Hall and Ray 0. Coulter against J. H. Gambrill and another for the specific enforcement of a contract to convey land. From a decree dismissing the bill (88 Fed. 709), the complainant Hall appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL, District Judge.
This cause is here on appeal from a decree of the United States circuit court for the district of West Virginia. *33Tlie appellant was one of tlie plaintiffs in the court below, and the appellees were the defendants. On the 6th day of September, 1889, the appellee J. H. Gambrill, a citizen of tlie state of Maryland, and the appellant, Cyrus Hall, a citizen of the state of West Virginia, entered into an agreement whereby said Hall undertook to sell for said Gambrill certain tracts of land lying in Ritchie county, W. Va. The material part of said agreement is as follows:
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