Monroe v. Leigh

The material facts of this case are, that Hines purchased the land in controversy in 1835 ; at that time he had a wife living, who died the same year, leaving two children, a son and a daughter; the son died leaving his sister, Mrs. Hensley, his sole heir. Hines, after the death of his wife, made a verbal sale in 1837 to Bradley, of the property sued for. Hines died without performing his contract of sale and his administrator inventoried the land in question as a part of the property appertaining to the estate of his intestate. Bradley sued the administrator for a specific performance of the…