Bell v. Wright

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action to compel the specific performance of a contract for the sale of certain real estate *238situated in Wyandotte county. The contract of sale is embodied in a certain written instrument, which reads as follows:

“Article of agreement made and entered into this 21st day of February, 1880, between Simeon B. Bell, of the first part, and T. W. Wright, of the second part, witnesseth: That the said Simeon B. Bell, of the first part, rents, leases, and bargains to the party of the second part a certain tract of land described and…