Burgess v. Burgess

The appellee, Mollie E. Burgess, filed her bill in equity in the circuit court of Henry county against the appellants, Curtis L. Burgess and William E. Burgess, in their own right as heirs-at-law of Thomas Burgess, deceased, and as executors of his last will and testament, praying for the specific performance of an alleged oral contract for the conveyance of an 80-acre tract of land made by Thomas Burgess to his son Luther, the deceased husband of appellee. The bill was answered with a denial that the contract was made, or if made, that there was such performance by Luther as would take it…