Allen v. Allen

George T. Allen instituted an action against his father, George H. Allen, for specific performance. The contract, as alleged in the petition as amended, was to the effect that the defendant, desiring to divide certain of his real estate among his children, set apart and put the plaintiff in possession of 85 acres of land, under a parol agreement that inasmuch as the other children were to receive only 50 acres the plaintiff should pay to the defendant annually the sum of 2040 pounds of lint-cotton, so long as defendant lived or so long as he exacted the same; the defendant to make a deed to…