Darby v. Keeran

The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an action for the specific performance of a real estate contract. The court entered judgment enforcing the contract and the present appeal was taken from that judgment. On September 20, 1969, a contract was executed for the sale of a tract of land, containing approximately 1.24 acres, abutting Highway I-70 in Sherman County, Kansas. Elizabeth Keeran, the defendant in this case, was the seller and the plaintiffs, Howard Darby, Jr., M.G. Trabue and George T. Heumann d/b/a T.D.H. Company, a partnership, were the buyers. We shall refer to the parties as plaintiffs or T.D.H. or buyers, on the one hand and as defendant or Keeran or seller, on the other hand.