Hogan v. Brogdon

1. In an action of ejectment by an administrator, and a cross-action by the defendants for specific performance of an alleged contract by the decedent to deed to them the land involved, so that title would vest in them at his death, in consideration of certain personal services, the new testimony at the last trial, coupled with testimony similar to that at the previous trial, was sufficient to make a jury issue as to the existence of the alleged contract. There is no merit in the administrator's specific contention that the court properly directed the verdict in his favor because the…