PAYNE v. MELTON

Mr. Ellis G. Graydon, for appellants, cites: Specific performance will not be decreed against one not able to perform: Adam's Eq., 80; Ivy on S.P., sec. 977; 39 N.E.R., 703; 2 A. E.D. in Eq., 524; 13 Rich Eq., 252. Plaintiff not being a purchaser for value and without notice, cannot recover: 23 Ency., 2 ed., 476, 526; 14 S.C. 318; 34 S.C. 559. Messrs. Sheppards Grier, contra. Mr. Grier cites: Plaintiff is entitled to specific performance: 14 Am. Dec., 271; 2 Pom. Eq. Jur., 1404; 41 S.C. 349. Deed without possession to wife is badge of fraud: 52 S.C. 475; 20 S.C. 231; 3 Pom., 2 ed., 1405. Claim of dower being an incumbrance, must be provided for: 67 S.C. 216.