Dahoney v. Hall

This suit was instituted by the appellant, who was the plaintiff, against John P. Hall and James M. Safford, *265to compel the specific performance of a contract for the conveyance of real estate. The following are the facts alleged in the complaint:

On the 2d of April, 1855, John JR. Sell agreed that if the plaintiff (then Eleanor Mall, and unmarried) would pay a note of 700 dollars to one William G. Vawter, he would, in consideration of such payment, and as soon as it was made, execute to her a deed in fee for a tract of land which is situate in Jefferson county, and which the complaint…