Dunlop v. First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank

On the.24th of June, 1935, the plaintiff filed his original petition herein, which was later followed by an amendment thereto. On the 12th of October, 1935, the defendant appeared and filed an answer. The prayer under the original petition was for specific performance of a contract, requiring the defendant to convey the property involved and, on failure of the defendant to execute and deliver a deed, that a commissioner be appointed to make such conveyance; and “that the court grant such other and further relief in the premises as is equitable”.

Briefly stated, the claim of the plaintiff in…