Brown v. Mitchell

Grice, Justice.

This appeal is from the denial of a vendor’s motion to dismiss the purchasers’ complaint which sought specific performance of a contract for the sale of land. The complaint, filed in the Superior Court of Douglas County by Raymond C. Mitchell and William M. Greenwood, against O. H. Brown, alleged insofar as essential here the following.

The parties entered into an agreement, copy attached, for the sale of land. Thereafter, the purchasers advised the vendor that they were ready to close the sale in accordance with the contract, but the vendor advised the purchasers that he would…