Jefferson v. Kern

Plaintiff filed this bill praying for specific performance of a contract which he claimed he had with defendant to convey to him 20 acres of land situate in Wayne county. Upon the hearing the chancellor found plaintiff was entitled to relief, but, it appearing that defendant had in the meantime conveyed the land to another, it was decreed that defendant should pay plaintiff as damage the sum of $500 and return the $50 which plaintiff had paid on the contract. The defendant denied that he had ever made any such contract with plaintiff. He lives in Port Huron and plaintiff resides in Detroit.…