Starcher Bros. v. Duty
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lincoln County. Action by Starcher Bros, against Jeff Duty and others. From a decree in favor of defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
The plaintiffs below have appealed from the decree of the circuit court of Lincoln county, denying them the specific execution of an option contract for the sale and purchase of a tract of 170 acres of land. The court below, by its decree of December 8, 1905, denied the relief prayed for, dissolved the injunction awarded, and dismissed the plaintiffs’ bill.
The contract, dated April 5, 1902, was signed by Jeff Duty and Elizabeth, his wife, by their marks, and was acknowledged before Philip Hager, Jr., a notary public, April *3757, 1902. The contract acknowledges a consideration of…
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