Johnson v. Johnson

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiffs, Mrs. Maud McGimsey Johnson and F. Lloyd Monroe, instituted this suit for specific performance of a contract to purchase a parcel of land situated in the City of New Orleans, together with all improvements thereon, and for attorney’s fees in the sum of $500.00.

Defendant, John A. Johnson, admits the execution of the contract but refuses to accept title, denying that plaintiffs have a good, valid, and merchantable title to the property and alleging especially that plaintiffs’ title is suggestive of litigation. In re-convention he prays for judgment for double the…