McElwee v. Beckwith

The plaintiffs in this action are the special administrators of the estate of Sila 0. Law, deceased. In that capacity they instituted this action against the defendants to quiet title to certain real property described in the. complaint. The defendant Beckwith, answering the plain tiffs’ complaint, and in effect by way of cross-complaint, pleaded the following facts: Prior to her death and on or about the twentieth day of April, 1922, Sila 0. Law, the deceased, executed an option for the purchase of the land in controversy, under the terms of which Mrs. Beckwith was granted the right to…