KIRBY v. BERGFIELD

No. 37592.

182 N.W.2d 205 (1970)

186 Neb. 242

Francis J. KIRBY and Phyllis R. Kirby, Husband and Wife, Appellees, v. Clifford W. BERGFIELD and Lois E. Bergfield, Husband and Wife, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reddish, Fiebig & Curtiss, Alliance, Mason, Knudsen, Berkheimer & Endacott, Lincoln, for appellants.

Crites & Shaffer, Chadron, for appellees.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and CARTER, SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, and NEWTON, JJ.


McCOWN, Justice.

This is an action for specific performance of a contract for the purchase and sale of real estate. The trial court entered a decree ordering the specific performance of the contract and the defendant sellers have appealed.

Following negotiations initiated by two representatives of the sellers several weeks before, the parties reached an oral agreement for the purchase and sale of a 9,040-acre ranch located in Dawes County, Nebraska. The following...

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