Legal Opinion

Long v. Perine

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 29, 1895PublishedCited by 36 opinions

cited Wald’s Pollock on Contracts, pp. 498, 499, 500, 506; 61 la. 269; 12 Gratt. 98; 63 N. Y. 280; 67 Mich. 580; Clark on Contracts, pp. 774-5; 19 W. Ya. 167; 6 W. Ya. 249; 27 W. Ya. 1; 11 W. Va. 300, 146; 26 W. Va. 791; 13 W. Ya. 440; 23 W. Va. 558; Code, c. 125, ss. 35, 36; 35 W. Va. 634; 6 W. Va. 168.

1Opinion of the Court

Brannon, Judge:

Long brought a suit in chancery in the Circuit Court of Taylor county to enforce a lien for purchase money upon a tract of land sold by him to Perine, obtained a decree of sale, and Perine appeals.

One of Perine’s defenses is that his purchase, for one consideration, included a tract of land, and also the right to take from an orchard on an adjoining tract of land of Pixler one-tliird of its fruit, until the young orchard on *316the land purchased by him should come to bear fruit, which right Long represented himself to have. Such was the talk in the negotiation, or, say, the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Rose & Co. v. BrownWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Blossom v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1866
  3. Hull v. Hull's HeirsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Richardson v. DonehooWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1880
  5. Hurst v. HurstWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1874

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Griffin v. Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Woodville v. WoodvilleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Bank v. BryanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Central Trust Co. v. Virginia Trust Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1938
  5. Providence Washington Insurance v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901

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