Reagh v. Dickey

This is a suit for specific performance of a contract made under Rem. Rev. Stat., § 6894 [P. C. § 1440]. The action was brought by appellants as trustees under the will of Charles Sehalkenbach and as trustees of the estate of Minnie Wood Sehalken-bach, under and by virtue of a contract executed on June 23, 1926, by and between Charles Sehalkenbach and Minnie Wood Sehalkenbach, his wife. The defendants below, respondents here, are the executors of and beneficiaries under a will of Minnie Wood Sehalkenbach dated November 2, 1928. In the contract of June 23, 1926, there were mutual promises not…