Becker v. Morstadt

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Madison county, denying specific performance of an alleged oral contract to convey land. The facts, including the existence of the contract, are, in the main, in sharp controversy.'

Appellant and appellee are both immigrants from the same country in Europe. Appellee lives at Stallings, a small community in Madison county, where he runs a tavern. About 1931 appellant commenced commercial fishing in Horseshoe Lake, which is located in the southwest part of Madison county. In order to do this he found it necessary to rent fishing rights on…