Barr v. Lyle

Lewis, Justice:

This is an action for specific performance of an alleged contract to purchase a one-fourth interest in certain real estate in York County, South Carolina. Appeal is from an order of the circuit court granting defendants’ motion, under Circuit Court Rule 44, for summary judgment on the ground that the pleadings, depositions, and exhibits conclusively showed that there was no legally sufficient contract for the sale of the land.

The plaintiff, with William Richard Barnette and Orin Franklin Barnette, owned the tract of land involved, the plaintiff an undivided one-half interest…