Hughes v. Hughes

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

In this action plaintiff sought to compel the specific performance of an alleged oral contract relating to a certain tract of land and, in the alternative, damages for the value of the land, or a decree impressing the land with a trust, the land having been devised to another contrary to the oral contract which plaintiff claimed to have had with the testator and which he performed during the life of the testator. Defendants prevailed, and plaintiff appeals.

The appeal is from an order sustaining defendants’ demurrers to plaintiff’s reply. The…