Barber v. Taylor's Heirs

The Chief Justice

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

William Taylor, who died intestate, in 1835, being the owner of an extensive estate in lands, settled his children, when they married, each upon a separate tract. Thomas T. Barber and wife, who was one of Taylor’s daughters, were placed, in 1814, shortly after their marriage, on a tract of about one thousand acres, under a verbal assurance that Taylor would convey the legal title to Barber. They lived on the land until Mrs. Barber’s death, in January, 1833; and in June of the same year, Taylor conveyed to Barber the legal title to the…