Robards v. Marley

Best, C.

— The appellant brought this action against the appellee for the specific performance of a contract for the conveyance of real estate.

It was averred in the complaint that the appellant, on the 8th day of March, 1878, conveyed to the appellee, by a good and sufficient deed of warranty, a half section of land in Lyons county, Kansas, in consideration of which the appellee paid him $275, and agreed to convey him, within a few days thereafter, lot five (5), in block three (3), in Danville, Hendricks county, Indiana; that, though such time has elapsed, the appellee refuses to make such…