Sparkman v. Williams

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appeal from decree ordering a sale of land for division. The parties are all the heirs of George W. Sparkman, deceased, who, at the time of his death, held the record title to said land. Appellant is-one of his sons.

Appellant, by his cross-bill, seeks to have title to the land vested in him on two theories, viz.: (1) Specific performance of an oral agreement allegedly made with his father at the time of the purchase of the land in 1921. Appellant at the time was twelve years of age. The substance of the alleged agreement is that appellant and his father entered into an oral…