Robertson v. Talley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

E. B. Robertson sued O. E. Talley and W. H. Stine. A demurrer to his petition was sustained and he appeals. The petition alleged in substance that the defendants entered into a verbal agreement with the plaintiff that they would furnish to him a deed to a tract of land, owned by another person, in consideration of the payment to them of $600, which was to be. the full purchase price of the land and the compensation of the defendants; that the defendants delivered to him an instrument purporting to be a deed to him from the owner, conveying…