Strahan v. Haynes

— C. Haynes, hereinafter called plaintiff, brought suit against Margaret Hilton Strahan, hereinafter called defendant, for specific performance of an alleged contract for the purchase and sale of real estate. There were several other parties named as defendants in the complaint, but, since they defaulted, and have taken no appeal from the judgment rendered herein, it is not necessary that we consider them for the purposes of this opinion.

The complaint sets up, in substance, as follows: On and prior to the nineteenth day of June, 1923, defendant was the owner and in possession of certain real…