Gardner v. Spurlock

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

This was an action for specific performance of a written contract to repurchase certain farm land. Trial was by the court, and judgment was rendered for the defendants. The plaintiff has appealed from the judgment and the order overruling her motion for a new trial.

Pertinent facts are summarized and quoted as follows: The appellant, Mary Gardner, a widow in her eighties, was on January 11, 1957, and for many years prior thereto, the owner of 77 acres of land off the south side of the Southwest Quarter, Section 29, Township 16, Range 25,…