Cresson v. Earhart

McCALL, Judge.

By a written agreement dated May 17,. 1930, Cresson agreed to sell, and Earhart to buy, for the price of $1,200, certain real estate in Mississippi. The present suit was brought by the seller to compel the purchaser to comply with his agreement. The district court decided in favor of the purchaser.

Of the various defenses made, we shall consider only one and that is, that title to the property in question was in litigation in the courts of Mississippi, which did not uphold Cresson’s title until July 14, 1931. It appears, furthermore, that two years had to elapse from that date…