Taylor v. Wells

BAILEY, Justice. This suit was brought by plaintiffs, Wendell L. Taylor and Alyce M. Taylor, his wife, against John F. Wells and Katherine Wells, his wife, for the specific performance of an alleged option agreement. The complaint alleged that on and before December 20, 1943, and ever since that date, defendants were and are now the owners in fee simple of a 20-acre tract of land situate in Jackson County, Oregon, described by metes and bounds, and a tractor and corn cultivator. Paragraphs IV and V of the complaint read as follows: