Howie v. Swaggard

This is an appeal from a. decree sustaining a demurrer to and dismissing an orignal bill of complaint, wherein the complainants seek the specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of standing timber. The bill alleges:

That “the complainants bought from the defendant C. S. Swaggard all of the timber on the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, section fourteen, and the west half of the northeast quarter, section 15, all in township 7, range 3 east, all in Rankin county, state of Mississippi, and paid the said -'Swaggard ten dollars to bind the trade, the payment being…