Phillips v. Johnson

This is a suit for specific performance of an “earnest money receipt” for the sale of land near Astoria. Defendants appeal from a decree by which the trial judge ordered the parties to “perform pursuant to a land sale contract as contemplated by the earnest money receipt,” the terms of such “contract” being attached to that decree.

Defendants contend that: (1) the trial court erred in denying defendants’ motion for a jury trial; (2) the legal description of the land was insufficient; (B) the trial court ignored testimony to the effect that the property was to be surveyed and “legal documents”…