Potter v. Brown

In this case the specific performance of a parol contract for the conveyance of land is prayed. The land was purchased by complainant of defendant Brown, and partly paid for in 1873. A deed was given, and a mortgage taken back for the unpaid purchase moneys. It after-wards appeared that there was an adverse claim to the land, and that claim and the failure of Brown to protect complainant against it has led to a large amount of litigation, including the present suit. The mortgage was not paid when due, and Brown foreclosed it and bid in the land. The contract now sought to be enforced was made…