Richards v. Snyder

By the Court,

Thayer, J.:

This appeal is from a decree in the circuit court for the county of Umatilla, rendered in a suit brought by the appellant against the respondents to enforce specific performance of a contract, and to compel the conveyance of a certain tract of land situated in said county of Umatilla, and described as lot 8, sec. L9, T. 4 N., R. 35 E.

The appellant alleged in his complaint, in substance, that on the 21st of March, 1873, the respondent, Snyder, then being owner of the land, agreed, in writing, to sell the same to appellant for $50, to be paid by the latter to the former…