Sumner v. Bankhead

(dissenting) : Action by vendor for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land.

The facts are as follows:

In the .year 1920 one Good.owned a tract of land, 185 acres, near Rock Hill, which he contracted to sell to the plaintiff, R. E. Sumner, for $14,506.75; $1,400 cash, which was paid, one-third of the remainder payable January 1, 1921, and the- remaining two-thirds in three equal annual installments. This contract was entered into on the 27th of May, 1920.

On the 3d of August, 1920, the plaintiff, Sumner, contracted to sell the same place to the defendant, Bankhead, for $19,425;…