Wagonblast v. Whitney

This was a suit to compel the specific performance of a verbal contract to convey lands. For the purpose of showing the nature of the agreement, and the grounds upon which the enforcement of the contract is claimed, the facts alleged are in substance: —

That on the-day of-, 1877 (the exact date plaintiff is not able to state), one J. M. Bird was in the rightful and exclusive possession of the following described lands, in said county of Wasco, to wit, the north half of the northwest quarter and the northeast quarter of the northwest qparterof section 14, in township 1 north, of range 13 east…