Purington v. Brown

Appellant sued appellees for specific performance of a verbal contract to convey lands, and in the alternative for damages. It was shown to the court that George W. Brown had become insane and was con*1081fined in an asylum, and his wife, Leonore Brown, was permitted to defend the suit. The court sustained exceptions to the count for specific performance, and the parties went to trial on the count for damages, which resulted in a judgment for appellant for $738.08, and the following notice of appeal was given: “To which judgment of the court in that part thereof, and that only, which renders…