Worth v. Worth

This was a bill in equity, to enforce the specific performance of an alleged parol contract made by a father, the defendant in the bill, to convey to his son, Otho Worth, a certain1 tract of land, consisting of eighty acres, in consideration that Otho Worth would take possession of, improve and cultivate the land. The complainants in the bill were the widow and only heir of Otho Worth, he having died intestate before the suit was instituted.

The defendant denied the making of an agreement to convey the land, and set up the Statute of Frauds.

Evan Worth, the defendant, bought the land in 1864.…