Montgomery v. Graves

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

Eobert E. Montgomery and wife made a verbal agreement with John W. Graves and bis wife to sell them a residence in Louisville, designated as No. 554 Camden Street, for $2,000. A down payment of $800 was made and the balance agreed to be paid upon the execution of the deed. The vendors reneged and refused to convey the property, whereupon the Graves brought this suit for specific performance and damages in the sum of $10 for every day they had been and would be kept out of possession. The defendants relied upon the Statute of Frauds,…