Cooper v. Kostick

This is an action by a vendor against a vendee for specific performance of an alleged contract for the conveyance of real estate. There was a decree for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.

The action hinges upon the question as to whether there was a valid contract between plaintiffs and defendant for the conveyance of real estate. John E. Cooper, one of the plaintiffs, was the owner of 400 acres of land in Lincoln county, Nebraska. On the 1st of October, 1920, he signed a written instrument, purporting to authorize Mrs. Myrtle Stewart, a real estate broker, to sell his land. It is very…