Neal v. Owings

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an equitable proceeding to compel the delivery of a deed and the completion of a transfer of a tract of land, and from a judgment in favor of Jeannette Neal, the defendants, M. D. Owings and Lillie R. Owings, appeal.

*75M. D. Owings, who owned five hundred and twenty acres of land, listed the tract for sale with Nate Neal for the fixed price of thirty dollars per acre. About nine months later the agent notified Owings, who was then in California, that he had found a purchaser for the tract at the price fixed, one-half of the…