Goodall v. Swartsley

Day, District Judge.

This is an action in equity for tbe specific performance of a contract for tbe sale of a quarter section of land in Keith county, Nebraska. Two men, Swartsley and Olson, *754entered into a contract for the purchase of said land from one Boyd for $9,600, with a cash payment of $1,000. Several days later Boyd entered into a contract for the purchase of said land from the owner, Goodall, for $8,000,. and paid him the same $1,000. Goodall brings this action for specific performance, not against Boyd, but against Swartsley and Olson. The trial court denied specific performance and…