Schommer v. Bergfield

This is a suit for specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate. The trial court denied specific performance and the plaintiff has appealed.

The defendants were the owners of a ranch containing approximately 5,500 acres of land. They listed the land with Downing and Reed Agency, a real estate firm. Not being able to find a buyer for the whole tract, defendants agreed to sell it in three tracts, conditional on all three tracts being sold. The contract involved in this litigation involves the middle tract containing 1,440 acres, the legal description of which is set forth in…