Salter v. Carter

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court, in Equity, of Calhoun County, Alabama, by the alleged purchaser, seeking the specific performance of an oral contract for the sale of land, and an injunction restraining the further prosecution of an unlawful detainer suit by the alleged sellers of the land. A temporary injunction was issued in accordance with the prayer of the bill, but it does not appear that a permanent injunction was ever decreed by the court below. But the injunction feature of the decree is not questioned on this appeal.

The original bill was filed…