Carter v. Gerald

SHANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered by the district court of Mills County. The judgment ordered specific performance of a contract for the sale of land entered into by appellant Harold Carter, the seller, and appellee Robert S. Gerald, the buyer. The question, tried out by summary judgment and presented upon appeal, is whether the buyer offered to close the contract within a “reasonable time,” as a matter of law.

The summary judgment proof is that the parties signed a standard Veterans Land Board contract for sale of 40.71 acres of land located in Mills County on…