Crookshanks v. Ransbarger

Poffenbarger, Judge:

The general issue raised by the pleadings in this cause is whether or not a certain contract for the sale of real estate is valid. The original and amended and supplemental bills attacked it upon two grounds, fraud in the procurement thereof and fatal uncertainty in the description of the subject matter. In response to these attacks and the prayer for cancellation, the defendants filed their answer and cross-bill praying specific performance. The decree appealed from granted, the relief prayed for in the bill, upon the theory of fraud in the procurement of the contract,…