Howison v. Bartlett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Bibb. Heard before the Hou. Thomas IT. Smith. The bill in this case Avas filed by the appellees, Arthur S. Bartlett, Alonzo Boberson, Edward. G. Ensign and the Twin Tree Lumber Company, a corporation, against- the appellant, Allen P. HoAvison, and sought to haAre specifically enforced the performance of a contract for the sale of land and timber on said lands.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Bibb. Heard before the Hou. Thomas IT. Smith. The bill in this case Avas filed by the appellees, Arthur S. Bartlett, Alonzo Boberson, Edward. G. Ensign and the Twin Tree Lumber Company, a corporation, against- the appellant, Allen P. HoAvison, and sought to haAre specifically enforced the performance of a contract for the sale of land and timber on said lands. The facts as aArerrecl in the bill upon which the relief is sought, are sufficiently shoAvn in the opinion. The defendant demurred to the bill upon several grounds, but the substance of the demurrers…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
Specific performance is sought of a contract for the sale of lands and timber interests in lands which contract, according to the bill, exists by virtue of an option to purchase given by defendant and an acceptance thereof by complainants Bartlett, Roberson, and Ensign, whose, property rights thereby acquired have been assigned to the complainant corporation. The contract which gave the option was embodied in a writing executed May 30, 1901, which in addition to the optional contract, stipulated for the immer diate sale by defendant to Bartlett, Roberson and Ensign of lands other than those…
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