Sykes v. Sykes

R. G. Sykes and wife, Mrs. Ruby Sykes, have prosecuted this writ of error from a judgment awarding to John Sykes an undivided half interest in an apartment house and the lots upon which it was constructed, situated in the town of Electra, and the legal title to which stood in the name of Mrs. Ruby Sykes.

John Sykes was the father of R. G. Sykes. He instituted this suit against his son and daughter-in-law, alleging that plaintiff and defendants entered into an oral agreement to purchase three lots in the town of Electra and erect an apartment house thereon, plaintiff to furnish one half of the…