Gentry v. Rogers
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Bussell. Heard before the Hon. N. W. Cocke. The bill in this case was filed, on the 17th September, 1863, by Anthony E. Bogers, ■ against Daniel -H. Gentry, and sought the specific performance of a contract for the sale of a tract of land. The chancellor’s decree in favor of the complainant, with other matters which require no particular notice, is now assigned as error.
1Opinion of the CourtJudge, J.
On the 29th of December, 1859, appellant sold to appellee a tract of land, for which the sum of thirty-two hundred dollars was to be paid; one thousand dollars on the 29th of December, 1860, and twenty-two hundred dollars on the 29th of December, 1862. Notes for the purchase-money were executed and delivered to the vendor, and a bond, conditioned to make a title to the land “ upon the payment of the notes,” was executed and delivered to the Vendee.
The complainant in the court below, the vendee, filed his bill for ■ a specific performance of the contract. The defendant failed to answer within…
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