Parham v. Gaspard

Plaintiffs seek to enforce specific performance of the following instrument signed by defendant on September 4, 1945, to-wit:

"* * * I hereby promise to sell to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Parham the place opposite the High School building. This comprises a lot measuring 110 feet wide by 200 feet deep, with the buildings thereon.

"Be it understood that this promise is given to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Parham only and cannot be transferred to anybody else.

"The sale for this lot is to be passed between this and the 1st of Jan. 1946 — and the price agreed upon is $1,000.00 cash.

"If at any time before the…