Nugent v. Smith

The following is the opinion of the court below:

COHALAN, J.:

The defendant moves for judgment on the pleadings, consisting of a supplemental complaint, answers and a reply to the counterclaim set forth in one of the answers. The action is for specific performance of a contract under seal entered into by and between the plaintiff and defendant William E. Smith. The plaintiff is the granddaughter and defendant William E. Smith is the son of one Roxy M. Smith, now deceased, and they are the only heirs at law of the decedent, and would have shared equally in her estate had she died intestate. The…