Shelton v. Julian

This is an action for specific performance of a contract for the purchase of an improved tract of land in Butler County. Plaintiffs Ralph D. Shelton, Jr. and Georgia Lou Shelton, husband and wife, are the buyers and defendant Mae Julian is the seller. The other defendant is Dallas Julian, Jr., Mae’s son. 1

The contract was entered into in March 1971. The purchase price was $100,000, interest free, to be paid in monthly installments of $1,000 commencing April 1, 1971. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found in favor of plaintiffs and entered its decree vesting title in plaintiffs. The…