Nelson v. Hampton Et Ux

This is a suit for specific performance of a contract to sell and deliver logs, for an injunction, and for damages, brought by Henry A. Nelson and Thomas Patterson, copartners, dba Nelson & Patterson, as plaintiffs, against Lewis Warner Hampton and Bessie E. Hampton, husband and wife, as defendants. A decree was entered denying specific performance, cancelling the contract, and awarding damages to plaintiffs. Defendants appeal.

The contract in this ease was entered into between the parties on February 3, 1951, and by its terms defendants agreed to sell and plaintiffs agreed to purchase all the…