Banteir v. Harrison

Plaintiffs filed this suit seeking specific performance of an alleged agreement to convey a fifty-percent interest in a tavern to plaintiffs or, in the alternative, to grant plaintiffs a judgment for $1400 against the defendant in the event defendant was unable to convey her interest to plaintiffs. The trial court entered a decree denying specific performance, but granted plaintiffs a judgment for $1400, and the defendant appeals.

The facts are generally undisputed.

Plaintiff Charles Banteir and the defendant each owned a one-half interest in a tavern in Christmas Valley, a desert area in…