Pinckard v. Pinckard's Heirs

This bill was filed by the plaintiffs in error to enforce the specific execution of a parol gift, alleged to have been made of a certain tract of land situate in the County of Randolph, by Peyton Pinckard to William T., one of the complainants, and by the latter sold to Pool. The said Peyton having died before perfecting the gift by any conveyance, his administrators and heirs are made parties defendants to the bill; and the widow of said Peyton having instituted proceedings for the recovery of dower in said land, these proceedings are enjoined, upon the allegations that the complainants have…