Shepherd v. Rowe

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appeal is from a judgment denying specific performance of a contract to convey fifty acres of land.

The appellees have neglected to file a brief, so we accept the appellant’s statement of facts as full and correct, and make only a cursory examination of the record for a better understanding of the case. Rule 1.340; Skaggs v. Ohio Valley Rock Asphalt Co., 292 Ky. 758, 166 S.W.2d 1005.

The appellee, Mrs. Pearlie. Rowe, executed a contract on June 30, 1948, selling and agreeing to convey the land to the appellant, William Shepherd, for $800. Pie paid $200 in cash and…