Davis v. Talbot

This was a suit by the appellee, as receiver of the Ladoga Creamery Company, against the appellants, to enforce specific performance of a contract for the conveyance of a small tract of land. One of the allegations of the complaint is that as a part of the agreement of the parties the appellants made and acknowledged a deed for said property and deposited the same for delivery upon payment of the agreed price. It is urged by the appellants that this was a contract in writing, and should have been made the basis of the action under R. S. 1881, section 362. The deed, if delivered, would have…