Sanders v. Newton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Geneva. Heard before the Hon. W. L. Parks. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant against the appellees, and sought to have specifically performed a contract alleged to have been entered into between the complainants and the defendants. The facts of the case, so far as is necessary to an understanding of the decision on the present appeal, are sufficietly stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Geneva. Heard before the Hon. W. L. Parks. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant against the appellees, and sought to have specifically performed a contract alleged to have been entered into between the complainants and the defendants. The facts of the case, so far as is necessary to an understanding of the decision on the present appeal, are sufficietly stated in the opinion. On the final submission of the cause, upon the pleadings and proof, the Chancellor decreed that the complainants were not entitled to the relief prayed for, and ordered the…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
The bill in this cause is filed to enforce the specific performance of an alleged contract to convey land and incidentally to enjoin the enforcement of a judgment in an action of ejectment in which the land *337and damages for its detention were recovered by the respondent, Mrs. Newton.
The facts necessary to a decision of the canse, stating them most favorable to the complainants, are these: The complainants sold to George Newton, husband of the respondent, Mary E.' Newton, certain machinery at and for the price of $400.00. Two hundred dollars of this sum was to be paid by a conveyance of the…
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