Roberts v. Cox

Plaintiff brought suit in the district court for Scott’s Bluff county for the specific performance of a contract of sale from defendant to plaintiff of the southwest quarter of section 7, township 21, range 53, in that county. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, defendant appeals.

Succinctly stated, the correctness of the judgment depends upon the question whether plaintiff ever unconditionally accepted any offer to sell made by defendant, or defendant ever unconditionally accepted any offer to purchase made by plaintiff.

The negotiations between defendant, who resided in Chicago, and…