Holt v. Ames

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is a suit by the appellee, Robert C. Ames, for specific performance of an option contract by which the appellant, J. L. Holt, assertedly bound himself to sell a parcel of land to Ames for $35,000.00. The appellant’s main contention is that the option contract ivas not sufficiently definite and certain to be specifically enforceable. The chancellor rejected that defense and entered a decree granting the relief sought by the purchaser.

In the court below the defendant filed an answer denying all material allegations of the complaint. Such a denial casts upon the…