Davis v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. William L. Parks. The bill in this rase was filed on February 11, 1897, by the appellees, J. L. Williams and George E. Salter, against the appellants, Mary C. Davis and Hubert T. Davis. The bill was filed to compel the specific performance of a contract, which was made by It.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. William L. Parks. The bill in this rase was filed on February 11, 1897, by the appellees, J. L. Williams and George E. Salter, against the appellants, Mary C. Davis and Hubert T. Davis. The bill was filed to compel the specific performance of a contract, which was made by It. T. Davis and Mary C. Davis with the Georgia & Alabama Construction Company, by which contract R. T. Davis and Mary C. Davis, his wife, agreed upon certain conditions to convey to the Georgia & Alabama Construction Company one-half interest in forty acres of…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
The bill in this case was filed by complainants, as owners of a certain contract by assignment, 'against the respondents, as successors in interest and title to the lands agreed to be conveyed, and seeks a specific performance of that contract. The -contract-was executed by R. T. Davis and Mary C. Davis, his Avife, in which they agreed to convey by warranty deed a half interest in forty acres of land to be selected by the complainants’ assignors in a certain -section owned by R. T. Davis. The consideration of this contract was that the complainants’ assignors were to build the Savannah,…
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