Stanfield v. Fisher

The plaintiffs (appellants), C. W. and Betty Jean Stanfield, seek specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of real estate. Plaintiffs maintain that the defendant (appellee), Muriel Fisher, contracted to sell to the Stanfields real estate located in Clinton County, Ohio, and then breached the contract by selling it to another. Fisher denied all material allegations of the complaint.

At a hearing on a motion of the Stanfields for a temporary injunction, testimony was given and documentary evidence was introduced by all parties, after which Fisher orally moved for a “peremptory…