Court Opinion

ID: 9607161
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 02:55:54.558038+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:37.366021
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
Ingram, Justice.
We have considered appellant’s arguments on motion for rehearing and conclude that the motion should be denied. Appellant vigorously restates his argument regarding the sufficiency of the original contract and attached plat to support a decree of specific performance. However, even if the fatal deficiencies inherent in the crayon-traced aerial photographs attached as a plat to the original contract could be overcome, other defects remain. The initially inadequate description, by the terms of the contract, is made dependent upon and subject to amendment by, a later survey from which all deeds and instruments were to be drawn. These defects, coupled with the failure of the contract to describe and adequately locate the "up to 10 acres” and the "seller’s residence” (excepted from the land conveyed but subject to an option) render the original contract insufficient to support a decree for specific performance. Thus, we adhere to the judgment affirming the trial court.

All the Justices concur, except Jordan, J., who dissents.