Ranck v. Wickwire
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Walter A. Powell, Judge. (1) The description of the land in the contract sued on is sufficient. The identification of the land is made certain by parol evidence at the trial of this cause.
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Error to Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Walter A. Powell, Judge. (1) The description of the land in the contract sued on is sufficient. The identification of the land is made certain by parol evidence at the trial of this cause. Keator v. Realty Co., 231 Mo. 676; Tetherow v. Anderson, 63 Mo. 96; Shewalter v. Pimer, 55 Mo. 218; Hammond v. Johnson, 93 Mo. 198; Marvin v. Elliott, 99 Mo. 616; Bacon v. Leslie, 52 Kan. 494; Bacon v. Leslie, 34 A. S. R. 134; Hurley v. Brown, 98 Mass. 545, 96 Am. Dec. 671; Mead v. Parker, 115 Mass. 413, 15 Am. Rep. 110; Waring v. Ayres, 40 N. T. 357; Preble v.…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P. J.
This is. a suit in equity in which the plaintiff seeks a decree for the specific performance of a contract for the exchange of plaintiff’s two hundred and eighty acres of land in St. Clair county, for certain lots in Kansas City, belonging to defendant. Upon a hearing before the circuit court of Jackson county, at Independence, at its September term, 1908, the court found the issues in favor of the defendant, and a decree was rendered accordingly. The case is here on a writ of error brought by plaintiff.
The contract in question, omitting the signatures, is as follows:
This agreement made this…
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