Van v. Fox

This is a suit for specific performance of an agreement to develop certain real property as a joint venture by the plaintiffs and the defendants. At trial, the defendants contended that plaintiffs had repudiated the agreement and, therefore, were not entitled to specific performance. The trial court rejected defendants’ argument and entered a decree granting specific performance. Defendants appeal from that decree. On appeal, however, defendants have abandoned their repudiation argument and now contend that the joint venture agreement should not be specifically enforced on the grounds that…