Kirkpatrick v. Lebus

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

Appellants and plaintiffs below, M. L. Kirkpatrick and J. W. Glover, for the use and benefit of Kirkpatrick, filed this suit against defendant and appellee, Clarence Lebus, seeking the specific performance of an oral contract which the parties entered into on the 12th day of June, 1912, whereby plaintiffs agreed to sell to defendant and he agreed to buy ten thousand shares of the stock of the Burley Tobacco Company, the par value of which was one dollar per share, and for which defendant agreed to pay upon delivery of the stock to him the sum of 1…