Ivey v. Lane

PLY, O. J.

Tbis is a suit instituted by appellant for specific performance of a contract made by and between appellant and Chere Secret, or Secrest, deceased, for the latter to devise to him sufficient of her property to pay him for personal services rendered by him to her in her declining years, or in the alternative for a judgment for the reasonable value of such services. The cause was submitted to a jury on special issues, and on the answers thereto the court rendered judgment in favor of appellant for 3817. It is recited in the judgment the sum of $817 was obtained by adding $600, a…