Ezzell v. S. G. Holland Stave Co.

The S. G. Holland Stave Company, a corporation, filed the bill in this cause against John T. Ezzell, seeking the specific performance of an alleged contract on the part of said Ezzell to purchase from the complainant certain 1,600 acres of standing timber situated upon lands in Colbert county, Ala.

The cause being submitted for final decree upon pleadings and proof, the testimony being taken by deposition, the trial court reached the conclusion that the complainant was entitled to the relief sought, decreed specific performance of the contract, and gave judgment for the purchase money. To…