Bonney v. Petty

BURROUGHS, J., pro tem.

This action was brought for the specific performance of a contract to convey real property. The court found that the defendant George M. Petty, the vendor named in said contract, could not specifically per form and in lieu thereof awarded the plaintiffs damages in the sum of $7,500, and the additional sum of $500, paid to said defendant in pursuance of the terms of the contract. The action was upon motion for a nonsuit dismissed as to the other defendants. The defendant Petty has appealed. He brought the record to this court under the alternative method.

The first error…