Tewksbury v. Howard

This was a suit by the appellees to enforce specific performance of a contract in writing, as follows: .“Article of agreement made and entered into *105oil the 2d day of June, 1890, by and between L. L. .Howard, of the first part, and Hiram Tewksbury, of the second part, witnesseth that said first party has this day sold to the said second party the following described real estate: The east half of the southeast quarter, and the east half of the northeast quarter of section thirty-six (36), township twenty-five (25), range eleven (11) east, for the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000);…