Bumpus v. Bumpus

The bill in this case is filed to enforce the specific performance of an alleged parol contract. Its allegations are as follows:

That in the year 1859 the defendant Samuel R. Bumpus, who is the father of complainant, was the owner of a farm in the township of Van Burén, which he still holds and occupies as a homestead. That complainant became of the age of legal majority in February, 1859 ; that he had a younger brother, whose name is Myron M. Bumpus; that the father of complainant, and the other defendant, who is complainant’s mother, were desirous that he should remain with them, carry on…