Murphy v. McIntosh

Elsie B. Murphy filed a bill of complaint against George C. McIntosh and Nellie S. McIntosh, husband and wife, for specific performance of a contract, wherein the defendants agreed to purchase from the complainant a tract of land and certain personal property for the sum of $73,000. The bill charged that the defendants repudiated the contract without just cause, and that they demanded the return of the deposit which they had made when the contract was signed.

Defendants answered and admitted they had repudiated the contract on the ground that it was procured through the fraudulent…