Puritan Homes, Inc. v. Abell

PALMORE, Judge.

Puritan Homes, Inc., brought this suit against William Emmett Abell and wife, Virginia Abell, for specific performance of a written contract by which the Abells had agreed to sell it their 250-acre farm in Old-ham County for $75,000. The trial court denied specific enforcement on the ground that the Abells’ execution of the contract had been inequitably induced. Puritan appeals. It is our opinion that the judgment was in error and that Puritan is entitled to specific performance.

The Abells were represented in the transaction by Jesse Dixon, an attorney and realtor who also is…