Lovins v. Kelley

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Macon County ordering specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate. A freehold is involved.

The defendants, Elwood D. and Edna E. Kelley, husband and wife, owned a four-acre tract, improved with a dwelling house and garage, a short distance east of Decatur. The plaintiff, Delbert L. Lovins, and Iowa S. Lovins, his wife, were in possession of the premises under a rental arrangement. On August 6, 1954, they entered into and executed an agreement for warranty deed whereby defendants agreed to sell the premises to the…