Rose v. Adams

Smith, J.:

The action is ejectment, for a lot of land in Corning, Steuben county. One Conrad Iioriness is' the common source of title. The plaintiff is his widow (she having married again since his death), and she is also the grantee of his heirs at law. The defense is that Honness, who was the brother-in-law of the defendant, promised, by parol, to convey the land in question to the defendant, if he would remove from the State of New Jersey, where he then lived, and reside on the land, Honness wishing to have the defendant for a neighbor; and that the defendant did so x’emove, lived on the…