Blanton v. Williams

Ducicworth, Chief Justice.

The petition to require specific performance of a contract for the sale of land shows: a contract to that effect which describes the land and states the consideration and also payment of $1000 on the purchase price, and alleges various other expenditures4 including $50 for extra excavation paid to the defendant, $35 for waterproofing the walls of the basement, $11.27 for insulation, and $40 for plans and specifications for the house, all of which show the good faith of the petitioners. The house is virtually completed and, if petitioners make no complaint about it,…