Richards v. Green

The opinion of the court was delivered by

The Chief Justice.

This is a bill for specific performance. The complainants set forth two agreements, the first being oral, whereby the defendant agreed to sell. and convey to the complainant, Joseph Green, a certain house and lot, for the sum of $2500, of which consideration the amount of $500 was to be cash, and the residue secured by bond and mortgage. The record of the agreements above referred to was alleged to have been made about a year after the prior agreement, and was in writing, being in the words following, viz.: “ This is to show that I…