Johnson v. City of Sylacauga

HARWOOD, Justice.

James W. Johnson and Nell C. Johnson brought a bill of complaint seeking to have specific performance of an alleged agreement for the sale to them of 2.43 acres of land by the City of Sylacauga, Alabama. After a hearing the Johnsons, being denied the relief sought in their bill, perfected this appeal.

James W. Johnson, one of the appellants, desiring to purchase a certain tract of land owned by the defendant City of Sylacauga, contacted Harold L. Sargent of the Sylacauga real estate firm of Atkinson-Sargent. Sargent then contacted the city officials concerning the sale of the…