Desmond v. Pierce

Upon the trial no oral testimony was given other than that of plaintiff and Ambrose Tighe on her behalf, and the most material evidence was embodied in writings. The situation thus presented was therefore to be disposed of as a matter of law by the court, and there were no issues for a jury.

The plaintiff, Miss Desmond, seeks to enforce specific performance of the writing of June 15, 1922, so far as it purported to give her the right to have from defendant on demand after January 1, 1923, a specified amount of money for 100 shares of the preferred stock of the Pierce Oil Corporation, of which…