Holly Hill Lumber Company, Inc. v. McCoy

Mr. Associate Justice Baker

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court:

In an action for specific performance brought by the respondent against the appellant, this Court has already affirmed an order of the C:rcuit Court requiring the appellant to specifically perform a contract for the sale by him to the respondent of a certain tract of land. See Holly Hill Lumber Company v. McCoy, 201 S. C., 427, 23 S. E. (2d), 372, 380. The wife of the appellant was not a signatory party to the instrument (originally in the form of an option) that gave rise to the appellant’s contractual obligation to…