Campbell v. Carr

ANDERSON, J.:

Martha M. Carr and Ruth Riley Glover appeal the master-in-equity’s ruling of specific performance. We reverse.1

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1996, Carr, a resident of New York, inherited from her mother a 108-acre tract of unimproved land. In 1998, Carr contacted the Campbells, who had leased the property for thirty years, about selling the property to them. Carr had *261telephone discussions with Betty Campbell. Carr asked Betty Campbell “how much the property went for.” Betty Campbell told her the Tax Assessor’s agricultural assessed value of the property was $54,000. On August…