MORRIS v. SYKES

No. 16838.

624 P.2d 681 (1981)

Melville L. MORRIS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Dwane J. SYKES and Patricia Sykes, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Dayle Jeffs of Jeffs & Jeffs, Provo, for defendants and appellants.

A.H. Boyce, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


CROCKETT, Justice:*

Plaintiff Morris sued for specific performance of a contract to purchase some undeveloped land in Alaska by compelling defendants Sykes to accept the balance thereon and convey the land to the plaintiff, or in the alternative, to relieve the plaintiff from an unjust and inequitable forfeiture of the $23,216 plaintiff had paid on the contract. Upon a trial to the court, it found against the plaintiff on the issue of...

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