Dalton v. Stout

MOFFAT, Justice.

This action relates to a small tract of land in Utah’s Dixie where grapes grow abundantly and sunshine is seldom interrupted by shadow. This action is one of ancient vintage, having been instituted in the district court of the Fifth judicial district as long ago as May 20,1924. Divers and sundry reasons have contributed to the delay. The file reached this court October 5, 1934, or more than ten years after the case was commenced.

The suit was instituted for the purpose of enforcing the equitable remedy of specific performance of a contract, entered into in the spring of 1910.…