Supreme Court of South Carolina June 28, 1887, No. 2069 (Martin v. Patterson)

Opinion by

Mr. Chibe Justice Simpson,

The court say that in order to entitle a party to a specific performance of a parol agreement for the purchase of land, he must clearly show an agreement to purchase, which has been partly carried into execution on one side with the consent and approbation of the other, and this must consist of something more than simply paying a portion of the purchase money