Aiken v. Hale & McDonald

This was a suit brought by the appellees against the appellant, for damages for the breach of a verbal contract respecting land; by a subsequent amendment of the original petition, the plaintiffs prayed for a specific enforcement of the contract, whereby one-third of the land should be decreed to them under the contract, and also alternatively praying for their damages, if they were not entitled to a specific performance of the contract.

The contract between the parties above referred to, as described and set forth in the plaintiffs’ petition, was in effect as follows: W. B. Aiken stated to…