McManaway v. Clapp

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Carter.

This action by the plaintiff, H. B. McManaway, against George W. Clapp, defendant, was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Greenville County, November 5, 1926, for the purpose of requiring the specific performance of a written contract dated September 15, 1926, for the purchase and sale of a certain lot of land on Howe Street, in the City of Greenville, S. C., valued at $2,750. The defendant in his answer admitted the allegations of the complaint with reference to the execution of the contract in question, but denied that the…