Crockett v. Gray
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Court. Action brought by B. Cray against Elizabeth I. Crockett, and H. C. Long and wife, to compel them to convey to plaintiff certain real estate. At the July Term, 1883, Cray had judgment against defendants, who bring the case here. The facts appear in Gray-v. Crockett, 30 Kas. 138, et seq., and in the opinion, infra.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This is a case which has embarrassed us not a little. The facts are these: Gray, on March 3, 1882, commenced his action in the district court to enforce the specific performance of a contract to convey thirty-three acres of land. The contract was signed by H. C. Long, one of the defendants. The petition alleged that since the contract, Long and wife had conveyed thirty-one and one-tenth acres of the tract to Elizabeth I. Crockett, their co-defendant; but that she bought with full knowledge of the prior contract. The defendants answered,…
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