Blaise v. Stein

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Otto Stein and Julia Blaise Stein appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Jackson County granting plaintiffs specific performance of an oral contract to convey real property.

The series of events culminating in this action began on June 12,1893, when Celestine Marie Blaise conveyed an 80-acre tract of land known as Section 31 to her daughter, Mary Celine Blaise. Under the conveyance, Mary Celine received a life estate in Section 31, and the remainder was to vest in her surviving children upon her death.

Mary Celine…