Smith v. Wood
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for La Fayette County. Bill for specific performance of an agreement to convey land. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Tbe circuit court found for the plaintiffs, and made a decree accordingly.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
This was a bill in cbanqery, filed under tbe old practice, to enforce tbe specific performance of a bond for tbe conveyance of land. It appears that the case went to bearing upon tbe pleadings and bond, which is made an exhibit in tbe canse, and tbe circuit court decreed that tbe title to tbe forty acres in controversy be passed to, and become vested in, tbe respondents, under tbe provisions of our statute. But upon tbe facts disclosed in tbe case, we are unable to concur in this judgment.
It is well settled that a bill for tbe specific performance of a contract is an…
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