Edwards v. Brown

Appellant, Ninian Wirt Edwards, filed his amended bill in the circuit court of Sangamon county on June 30, 1922, against appellees, Mary E. Brown, individually and as executrix of the last will and testament of Mary J. Remann, deceased, Remann Brown and the Oak Ridge Cemetery Association, to compel the specific performance of an oral contract. Appellees filed a general and special demurrer to the bill, which was sustained by the court. Appellant elected to abide by his bill, and the court entered a decree dismissing it for want of equity.

The bill states, in substance, the following: On…