Keys v. Keys

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether a grant in a deed of a possible future., interest in the land described in the deed operates as a contract, which can be specifically enforced in equity, to convey said interest when acquired.

The testimony, which is undisputed, discloses that Charles M. Keys died intestate in 1874, seised and possessed of a hundred and fifty acre farm in Montgomery County, and leaving surviving him his widow, Martha A. Keys, and ten children, four of these children being the offspring of his first wife, and the other six being the children of his widow.

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