Walker v. Kelly

This is a bill for specific performance of a contract for the conveyance of 120 acres of land.

Complainant, who is the daughter of defendant Kelly, owned 80 acres of other land, and defendant Walker, the husband of the complainant, owned 40 acres adjoining. Complainant and her husband, in September, 1881, sold their land, receiving therefor $1,000 in cash and a mortgage of $1,300. They were to give possession in April, 1882. Defendant Kelly owned a farm of 200 acres, upon which he, with his wife and son, resided. Kelly’s wife was complainant’s stepmother. The proceeds of the land sold by…