Johnson v. Campbell

This is a suit for a declaratory decree interpreting a land sale contract entered into between plaintiffs as vendees and defendants as vendors. Plaintiffs contend that under the contract they are free to construct multi-family residential units on the land being purchased. The trial court held otherwise and plaintiffs appeal.

In 1964 plaintiffs, James T. Johnson and his wife Elizabeth, entered into a land sale contract to purchase from defendants Mr. and Mrs. Campbell the land involved in this suit. The contract contained the following terms:

“6. Purchasers shall have the right and agree they…