Welch v. Williams
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Noxubee county. Hon. James F. McOool, Chancellor. Welch, the appellant, was complainant, and- Mrs. Williams and others, the appellees, were defendants in the court helow. From a decree sustaining the demurrer of defendants to the bill of complaint and dismissing the suit the complainant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case.
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From the chancery court of Noxubee county. Hon. James F. McOool, Chancellor. Welch, the appellant, was complainant, and- Mrs. Williams and others, the appellees, were defendants in the court helow. From a decree sustaining the demurrer of defendants to the bill of complaint and dismissing the suit the complainant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case. The allegations of the bill in this cause show that the agreement for the sale of this land was certain, mutual, not hard nor uneonscientious, and that there was a valuable consideration for the…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
This is a bill to enforce specific performance of a contract for the sale of land. The contract which is averred to have been established by correspondence between the parties is as follows: “That, thereafter, and after further, correspondence, complainant offered to purchase said land on the following terms — to wit, $100 cash, less the taxes and rent to January 1st, 1904 (defendant to have possession until January 1st, 1904) — which offer was made in writing now in possession of said defendant, and complainant in said writing proposed to purchase said land on another condition if the…
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