Osborn v. Stevens

This is an action brought by the heirs and the administratrix of the estate of Charles T. Osborn against the widow and sole heir of Charles M. Stevens, asking for specific performance of an agreement for the sale of real estate made by Stevens on November 14, 1927, and alleged to have been reaffirmed by him from time to time thereafter and continued by his widow after his death. The defendant admitted an oral agreement by her husband to sell, but claimed that it was unenforceable under both the Statute of Frauds and the Statute of Limitations. She further claimed that it had been abandoned or…