Richardson v. Fields

(Pro Tempore)

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, filed this suit seeking specific performance of an alleged oral contract whereby the defendants, Dorothy Fields and her hus*370band, Dellard, agreed to sell real property to the plaintiffs. The trial court entered a decree granting specific performance. Defendant Dorothy Fields appeals.

In 1961 the father of Nancy Richardson, one of the plaintiffs, and of Dellard Fields, one of the defendants, purchased 10 acres near Grants Pass, Oregon. He was to make mortgage payments of $50 per month on the purchase price. Soon after he went into possession he sold an…