Hodson v. McAnerney

This is a suit in equity to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale and exchange of real estate. The petition states a good cause of action, the answer pleads affirmative defenses which need not he stated in the view we take of the case, and the reply traverses all of the facts relating to the affirmative defenses save one, the truth of which is admitted. On the theory that this admission precluded a recovery, defendant filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings. The court sustained the motion and rendered judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed.

The abstract of the…