Kaufman v. Bell

Action for damages for refusal to convey certain real property. The complaint alleged an agreement on the part of defendant to sell the property in question at an agreed price; the payment on the part of plaintiff of a portion of the price, and a demand that defendant complete the transaction. That notwithstanding such agreement and demand defendant in bad faith conveyed the property to another. By his answer, defendant, among other things, alleged that when he informed his wife of the transaction she refused to join with him in the conveyance and that such refusal on her part was against his…