Hamlet v. Hayes

OPINION BY Senior Justice ROSCOE B. STEPHENSON, JR.

The issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in sustaining the defendants' demurrers, holding as a matter of law that the plaintiffs' bill of complaint failed to allege the essential elements of a breach of contract suit that would entitle the plaintiffs to the relief of specific performance.

I

Valerie Miller Hamlet, L. Raymond Miller, Jr., and Jane Perry (collectively, the Plaintiffs or the Purchasers) filed a bill of complaint against Jackie L. Hayes and Commonwealth Wood Preservers, Inc. (Commonwealth or the Corporation)…