King v. Wood

*390 Opinion of the Court, delivered by

Tompkins, Judge,

William B. King, in his life time, filed his bill in the circuit court of St. Louis county, sitting as a court of chancery, praying that James Wood be decreed to perform a contract, which the complainant alleged had been entered into by Wood with said complainant. After the filing of the bill the complainant died, and the suit proceeded in the name of William W. King and others, heirs and legal representatives of the complainant. The circuit court dismissed the bill, and to reverse its decree this appeal is prosecuted.

It is stated in the bill…