Westbrook v. Hayes
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Walker. Heard before the Hon. John' G. Carmichael. The bill in this case was filed by the appellants, H. T. Westbrook and J. B. Bates, against the appellee, John M. Hayes, to enforce the specific performance of a parol contract to convey forty acres of land particularly described in the bill.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Walker. Heard before the Hon. John' G. Carmichael. The bill in this case was filed by the appellants, H. T. Westbrook and J. B. Bates, against the appellee, John M. Hayes, to enforce the specific performance of a parol contract to convey forty acres of land particularly described in the bill. The respondent fileld an answer, and testimony for the complainant and respondent was taken, and the cause was submitted in term time for a decree in vacation. The averments of the bill and all of the necessary facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. On…
1Opinion of the CourtHararson, J.
The bill in its second paragraph avers, “That during the month of January, 1892, or about that time, your orator, H. T. Westbrook, bought from defendant [the forty acres of land which is described], lying and being in Winston county, Alabama, and defendant sold said above described land to him.” In the third section it is averred: “That the contract price of said land bought from defendant- was agreed on, as one hundred and twenty-five dollars,, the same to be paid in machinery. and your orators aver that said Westbrook at the time of purchase, paid the defendant the contract price of said…
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