Gillespie v. Scott

Scott brought a bill in equity for specific performance of a contract to convey land making The Florida Mortgage & Investment Company, limited, a corporation under the laws of England, J. H. Gillespie, and Blanch M. Gillespie, his wife, Owen Burns, and Mae C. Bradley, defendants. The bill of complaint in effect alleges that on March 18, 1905, Scott purchased from the company through Gillespie, its agent, a certain described lot of land, on which $50.00 of the $150.00 purchase price was paid, the remainder being payable in twelve months with 8% interest evidenced in writing; that Scott…