Barnett v. Henry

Head, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The question for determination by this court is, whether or not the evidence shows that the deceased, Judie Henry, and her brother, Thomas Henry, the defendant, made such a parol contract for land as would support a decree for specific performance.

It appears from the testimony of Wade Allen and Mrs. Ferguson that the deceased, Judie Henry, on several occasions stated that she wanted her brother, Thomas Henry, to have her property. It nowhere appears in the evidence of either of the witnesses for the defendant that such a contract as is…