Bolton v. Coburn

Oldham, C.

This was an action for damages on a contract for the sale of real estate. There was a trial of the issues to the court and jury, and at the close of plaintiff’s testimony a verdict was directed for the defendants, and judgment entered upon the verdict. To reverse this judgment the plaintiff has appealed to this court.

The involved issues in this controversy can be simplified by a statement of the facts on which plaintiff relied for a recovery in the court below. It appears from the testimony that in the month of October, 1904, plaintiff entered into an oral agreement with one Carl…