Higbee v. Moore

The action in this case was by Henry M. Moore, against Egbert Higbee, Anna E. Higbee. his wife, and Albert J. Flanagan, for the specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of real estate.

The complaint charged that the plaintiff had, o.n the 13th day of May, 1870, purchased of the defendant Egbert Higbee, by a parol contract, the south half of a certain lot in the town of Millwood, for the sum of $50.00, paying at the time $23.00 and immediately taking possession under such contract and making valuable and lasting improvements on said half lot; that, long before the commence,;…