Higginbotham v. Cooper

Mrs. Higginbotham brought an equitable petition against the executor of Clark, praying for the specific performance of a parol contract for the sale of land. The judge directed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant, and an assignment of error upon this ruling was the only one insisted upon in *742this court. The evidence introduced in-behalf of the plaintiff was possibly sufficient to establish all that was necessary for the specific performance of the alleged parol contract, except that the identity of the land alleged to have been the subject of the sale was not shown with…