Ricks v. . Batchelor

It was conceded on the argument here that in the trial below only a question of law was presented. There were no controverted issues of fact. Plaintiffs prayed for an adjudication by the court in their favor or for a directed verdict, and likewise the defendants on the same facts contended they were entitled to peremptory instructions to the jury in their favor. The trial court adopted the defendants’ view and so charged the jury. The only assignments of error brought forward relate to this ruling.

Did the execution of a deed by the plaintiffs coupled with a contemporaneous option to…