Smith v. Bateman

The plaintiffs in error brought suit against Bateman and his codefendants for the specific performance of the following contract :

“I hereby agree to sell to T. B. Wilson and C. E. Smith, my home place, 157 acres, and to give them or their assigns a good title to same in consideration of the sum of $6,000, to be paid as follows: $3,000 cash and balance to be paid in one, two and three years at 8 per cent payable annually. This agreement good for thirty days from date. Possession not to be given until Jany. 1, 1891.

“James M. Bateman.”

It will be observed the contract does not state a…