Moyer v. Ellis

Thomas A. Moyer filed a bill in equity in the court below praying for specific performance of a contract whereby he claimed that Ellis had agreed to sell to him certain real estate. From a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill and dismissing the cause this appeal has been allowed.

In substance the bill alleges these facts: On April 6, 1934, Ellis and Moyer entered into an oral contract whereby the former agreed to sell to the latter sixteen acres of land in Page county for the sum of $3,000. It was understood that Moyer would apply to the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, a federal agency, for…