Terry v. Keim

Terry brought suit against John Pry and Louis and M. C. Keim, to compel the specific performance of a contract of purchase of certain land. The defendant Ery was a non-resident, and service was not made upon him; and at the trial the plaintiff abandoned bis case as to him. The plaintiff submitted evidence tending to establish the following facts: John Ery, a resident of Charlottesville, Indiana, was the owner of the premises described in the declaration, and contracted to sell them to plaintiff for $150. The contract was made by correspondence, the beginning of. whicn was a letter from Terry…