Swisher v. Beckett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to an amended petition in an action for damages for breach of a contract to convey real estate.

The facts as alleged in the amended'petition are these:

On March 29, 1950, plaintiff and defendants entered into an oral contract wherein it was agreed that plaintiff would purchase and defendants would sell certain described lots in the city of Greens-burg for the sum of $1,500, and that upon payment of such consideration defendants would convey to the city a ten-foot strip off of certain other…