If he hasn't lied to you yet, I think he'll sign monday. A court would not make a person transfer title to you, but im sure your wife has mentioned specific Performance, damages, erc. He'll sign.
Really? You cannot enforce a buy/sell contract? That is the purpose of a contract I thought.
No, the contract defines the terms of a sale and typically addresses failure to perform. Ive never wncountered where a court forced someone to sell, black book of law would note but im not going to look it up.
As a note if the timber was sold it would need to be disclosed as an encumberance/lein against the property.