Bell v. Whitesell

McWhorteR, Judge:

This was a suit by Samantha Bell against E. W. Whitesell filed in the circuit court of Randolph county for the specific performance of an oral contract for the purchase by the plaintiff of a lot of one acre of land in said county. The bill alleged that plaintiff, through her husband George H. Bell, began negotiations with said Whitesell to purchase from him said one acre of land; that Whitesell and Bell went upon the land and made the agreement of sale; that said Whitesell *2insisted that the property was worth $60 but if plaintiff would permit a condition in the deed…