Spanogle v. Maple Grove Land & Live Stock Co.

The plaintiff brought this action to' compel specific performance of an alleged land contract for the sale of land situated in Morrill county. The district court found generally for the defendant and dismissed the plaintiff’s cause of action. The plaintiff brings the case here on appeal.

The petition alleged in substance the corporate capacity of the defendant; that prior to January 15, 1917, the defendant had authorized in writing one Frank N. Hunt to negotiate a sale for the defendant of the S. W. % of section 31,’township 20, range 49, in Morrill county, Nebraska, then owned by the…