NELSON v. CROSS

No. 32681.

40 N.W.2d 663 (1950)

152 Neb. 197

NELSON v. CROSS et al.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Torgeson & Halcomb, Kimball, Bernard F. O'Brien, Kimball, for appellant.

Ivan Van Steenberg, Kimball, W. H. Kirwin, Scotts Bluff, for appellees.

Heard before SIMMONS, C. J., and CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER CHAPPELL, WENKE, and BOSLAUGH JJ.


SIMMONS, Chief Justice.

This is an action for specific performance of a contract to convey real estate. The defendants are Orpha Cross and John Cross, wife and husband, and Frank P. Jessup, executor of the estate of William A. Scoville, deceased. The trial court held the contract for naught, dismissed plaintiff's petition, and quieted title in defendant Orpha Cross. Plaintiff appeals. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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