Wallace v. Bogigian

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff commenced this action to compel the specific performance of a contract which he claimed he had made with Helen J. C. Bogigian for the purchase of real property. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals.

Defendant Hagop Bogigian was the husband of Helen J. C. Bogigian, who lived in Massachusetts, and owned land in Gray county, Kansas. On May 10, 1917, the plaintiff wrote her as follows:

“Write to ask your price on E % 6-25-30 Gray county just northeast of here 3 miles. Am buying some land and…