Oxley v. Wilson

SETH, Circuit Judge.

The appellant as purchaser commenced this action to have specifically enforced an agreement covering the sale of land and shares in an irrigation company. The trial court denied relief and this appeal was taken. The defendants in the trial court were the sellers named in the sales agreement and the City of Trinidad. The City was the purchaser of the water rights under an agreement prior in time to the one between plaintiff-appellant and the land owners. Jurisdiction is based on diversity.

On this appeal the principal issue concerns the relationship between the agreement…