Stearns v. Williams

THOMAS, Justice.

H. T. Stearns and C. D. Stearns, husband and wife, appellants herein, will be referred to- as plaintiffs and Joseph Williams and Myrtle Williams, husband and wife, will be referred to as defendants.

The plaintiffs brought an action for specific performance of a real estate sales contract. It is deemed advisable to detail some of the salient facts before setting forth and considering the numerous assignments of error.

The plaintiff H. T. Stearns, a geologist, had been for more than twenty-five years prior to 1946 in the employment of the federal government and had during such…