McCarty v. Jeffers

This is an action for specific performance. Plaintiff and his father-in-law, the defendant, signed a contract for the exchange of certain real estate. Specific performance was decreed by the trial court. We disagree.

The two parcels of land involved are referred to in the record as the home place and the Meister place.

Defendant Jeffers acquired the home place from his mother in 1938 and farmed it for a few years. Though larger when acquired, this tract consisted of about 60 acres at the times ■material here. The property had a home and buildings on it. Plaintiff and his family, at defendant’s…