Aldridge v. First Nat. Bk.

The appellants exhibited an original bill against the appellee, a national bank having its domicile and principal place of business in Birmingham, Alabama, alleging, in substance, that the bank had agreed to sell to- the complainants certain described land situated within the territorial jurisdiction of the court; that although the complainants stood ready, and had offered to comply with their part of the contract of sale, the bank refused to' sell them the land, but, on the contrary, had sold a part thereof, making it impossible for the contract to be specifically performed, resulting in the…