Bufton v. Crane Et Ux.

This was originally an action at law, brought by the plaintiff on a, certain promissory note which the defendants gave her toward the purchase price of a parcel of land in Florida. The suit was returnable to the Caledonia county court, and on motion of the defendants it was amended into chancery and transferred to the docket of that court. After this transfer, the defendants did not file a formal complaint in equity with a prayer for specific performance as good practice would require, but they set up in their motion the facts relied upon to entitle them to that equitable relief. The…