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OGLETREE v. INGRAM & LEGRAND LUMBER CO

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207 Ga. 333 (1950)

61 S.E.2d 480

OGLETREE et al v. INGRAM & LEGRAND LUMBER Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 11, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest C. Britton, for plaintiffs in error.

R. S. Wimberly, contra.

CANDLER, Justice.

1. A court of equity will decree specific performance of a contract for the sale of land which is in writing, is certain and fair, for an adequate consideration, and capable of being performed. Mangum v. Jones, 205 Ga. 661 (54 S.E.2d 603); Finney v. Blalock, 206 Ga. 655 (58 S.E.2d 429).

2. But "Specific performance is not a remedy which either...

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