Sims v. Douglas

PATTERSON, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of DeSoto County. At the close of the complainants’ case, the court sustained defendants’ motion to dismiss. Aggrieved, the complainants appeal and assign as error, among other things, the pleadings and proof made a case for specific performance of a contract.

Charles Douglas and Patricia S. Douglas were divorced in June 1976. Incorporated into the divorce decree was a separation agreement by which the divorcing parties agreed to sell their residence in DeSoto County and equally divide the proceeds. To…