Lancaster v. Greer

MOORE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment. Plaintiff, David A. Greer, entered into an earnest money contract agreeing to sell 467 acres of land to defendant, Ercell C. Bates. Thereafter, Bates assigned the contract to defendant, J. W. Lancaster, without the knowledge of Greer. After assigning the contract to Lancaster, Bates notified Greer that he had decided to abandon the contract and forfeit the $2,000.00 earnest money. After receiving the earnest money, Greer entered into a contract agreeing to sell the land to a third party. At the time of the anticipated closing of the…