Grice v. Woodworth
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of Latah County. Honorable Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action to enforce specific performance of contract. Judgment for defendant. The facts are fully stated in the opinion. A party who, under a verbal contract, has purchased real estate, gone into possession, made valuable improvements thereon and paid the purchase price, is entitled to a specific performance of the contract.
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APPEAL from the District Court of Latah County. Honorable Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action to enforce specific performance of contract. Judgment for defendant. The facts are fully stated in the opinion. A party who, under a verbal contract, has purchased real estate, gone into possession, made valuable improvements thereon and paid the purchase price, is entitled to a specific performance of the contract. (Rev. Stats., sec. 6008; Wait on Fraudulent Conveyances and Void and Voidable Acts, 2d ed., sees. 436, 437; 2 Lomax’s Digest, 41; Thomas v. Dickenson, 12 N. Y. 364; Holland v. Hoyt, 14 Mich.…
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, C. J. —
This is an action to compel specific performance of a contract for the conveyance of real estate situated in Moscow, Latah county. It appears from the record that the respondents are husband and wife, and that on the seventh day of January, 1895, the husband purchased the east one-half of lots 4, 5 and 6, in block 8, Fry’s addition to the town of Moscow, Latah county, and the consideration paid therefor was money acquired by the respondent, Jay Woodworth, subsequent to the marriage of the respondents; that on the twentieth day of March, 1895, while respondents were residing…
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