Colligan v. Smith

LANGDON, Justice.

This suit was brought by appellant, Mrs. R. M. Colligan, a feme sole, seeking a declaratory judgment declaring void and unenforceable a written agreement which she had entered into with appellee, Joseph L. Smith, involving an option to purchase land owned by her. Appellant sought judgment on the grounds of no consideration or a failure of consideration, that such agreement was too vague and indefinite to be enforceable, and on the grounds that the appellee had failed to comply with the terms and provisions of the agreement itself. The trial court, upon hearing the case…