Bahnsen v. Walker

This was a suit in equity to enforce the specific performance of an oral contract pertaining to real estate,. commenced by the defendant in error, plaintiff below, against the plaintiff in error, defendant below. Hereafter, for convenience, the parties will be called plaintiff and defendant, respectively, as they appeared in the trial court.

Upon trial to the court there was a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, as prayed for, to reverse which this proceeding in' error was commenced.

The first ground for reversal relied upon, and the only one we deem it necessary to notice, is stated by counsel…