White v. Watkins
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. This was a suit brought by Robert White for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of land. Plaintiff claimed as purchaser at a sale made by defendants, Watkins and Davis, as trustees, under a deed from one Bullock.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. This was a suit brought by Robert White for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of land. Plaintiff claimed as purchaser at a sale made by defendants, Watkins and Davis, as trustees, under a deed from one Bullock. The facts sufficiently appear from the finding of the court, which is as follows : “ The court finds from the allegations of the parties and the proof adduced herein, that the defendants, by virtue of a deed of trust, executed to them by Edmund J. Bullock, in November, 1852, in Charleston, in Mississippi county, Mo., offered the…
1Opinion of the CourtSoott, Judge
As there is nothing in the record indicating the point on which the decision of the cause was made to turn in the court below, we will consider those objections which have been urged against it by the appellant.
It is insisted that the sale was not invalid by the statute of frauds, first, because the written notice of it, published before it took place, was a sufficient note or memorandum in writing to satisfy the requirements of the statute. In support of this position, the case of Hobby v. Finch & Knapp (Kirby, 14) is referred to. The judgment in that case was not unanimous. The caso was an…
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