Hughes v. Berrien

Crawford, Justice.

This bill was filed to compel the specific performance-of a parol contract for land, alleged to have been made between William W. Hughes and his son, George W. Hughes.

The controlling question in the case is as to the effect which the lien of a judgment against the father would have upon such a title, before the same had ripened in the son, under §2664 of the Code.

The contract is alleged to have been made in May, 1865 and the judgment obtained in February, 1867; so that less than two years had elapsed from the date of the contract to the rendition of the judgment. The legal…