Burt v. Moses

This is a bill in equity filed by Isaac Burt on June 9, 1918, against J. T. Moses, for specific performance of an oral contract of sale of SO acres of land, entered into by them in May, 1912. The defendant Moses died, and the cause was revived in the name of E. J. Meyer, as administrator of the estate of the decedent, and the widow and heirs of J. T. Moses were by amendment, made parties to the cause.

The hill alleges the decedent, Moses, in May, 1912, sold to complainant 80 acres of land, describing it, for the sum of $1,500 payable $300 a year for 5 years without interest, beginning October…