Burke v. Mead
Indiana Supreme Court
Appeal from Wabash Circuit Court; II. B. Shively, Judge. Suit by Benjamin E. Burke and others against Merritt C. Mead and others. Erom a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. Transferred from Appellate Court, under §1337u Burns 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.
— The appellants filed their complaint in five paragraphs to obtain a decree for the specific performance of a contract by appellees. The latter successfully demurred to each paragraph of the complaint. A decree followed, that appellants take nothing by their suit, and the latter assign errors, based on said rulings on demurrer. Each paragraph of the complaint sets out, either in the body of the paragraph or as an exhibit thereto, a writing that it is alleged that appellees executed to appellants. The following is a copy of said writing: “Marion, Indiana, May 13, 1899. This agreement, made…
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