Merrill v. Rocky Mountain Cattle Co.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to District Court, Hot Springs County, HoN. E. C. Raymond, Judge. Action by George -Merrill, et al., against the Rocky Mountain Cattle Company, et al., for specific performance of contract for the sale of real estate. Judgment for defendants and plaintiffs bring error. Other material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Error to District Court, Hot Springs County, HoN. E. C. Raymond, Judge. Action by George -Merrill, et al., against the Rocky Mountain Cattle Company, et al., for specific performance of contract for the sale of real estate. Judgment for defendants and plaintiffs bring error. Other material facts are stated in the opinion. The contention that the execution of a bond 'by plaintiff in error was a condition precedent to full performance by defendant in error is without merit for the reason that the bond was waived; but this provision was not a condition precedent. (Raley v. Umatilla County, 15…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Justice.
This is an action for specific performance wherein, as the case is presented here, the plaintiffs are seeking a decree requiring execution and delivery to them of a good and sufficient deed conveying a tract of land containing approximately forty acres and described as Lot Two (2) of Section Nineteen (19) in Township Forty-six (46) North of Range Ninety-eight (98), West of the 6th Principal Meridian, in this state. Upon a trial in the District Court, judgment was rendered upon a general finding in favor of the defendants, and the case is here on error.
As the plaintiffs in…
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