Chewning v. Brand

Mobley, Chief Justice.

Parks R. Chewning and Paul D. Wilson brought a complaint against Gertrude L. Brand and Martha Brand, seeking specific performance of a written contract to sell land, and damages for failure to perform the contract.

The trial judge sustained the grounds of the motion to dismiss of the defendants asserting that the contract is too vague and indefinite to be enforceable; and that it fails to set forth in sufficient detail the description of the property and the method, manner, and procedure for the payment of the purchase price. The appeal is from this judgment.

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