Kelly v. Morris

This was a suit on contract, for damages against an administrator. The petition alleges: that the plaintiff entered into a parol agreement with defendant’s intestate, whereby he purchased a described tract of land, to be paid for by the delivery of 45 bales of cotton over a period of four years; that he entered into possession of the bargained premises, made valuable improvements thereon, and delivered the stipulated number of bales of cotton to the intestate, who died, however, just prior to consummating his purpose of executing a deed to the premises. He alleges that after the death of the…