Butler v. McGee

This case involves an action for specific performance of an oral contract pertaining to the sale of real estate. The undisputed facts in the case are these:

On February 5, 1959, the defendant Lillie May Williams signed a deed form and left it with the Stockmen’s Bank, Gillette, Wyoming, for delivery to the plaintiff V. L. Patterson upon payment of $1,800. Without question the deed covered two lots owned by Mrs. Williams in Gillette, and the purchaser was understood by her and the bank to be V. L. Patterson. Oral arrangements for sale of the lots to Patterson had been made for Mrs. Williams by…