Wilson v. Hoffman

CLAY, Commissioner.

In this suit to quiet title to three acres of ground plaintiffs’ complaint was dismissed on the ground they had failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.

The basis of the claim was a parol agreement made by Pearl Howard (nee Medcalf) to convey the land to plaintiffs, later supplemented by a writing. Subsequent to the execution, of this writing, Pearl Howard conveyed interests in the land to defendants.

By answer defendants’ first defense (presented in the form of a motion to dismiss) was that the complaint failed to state a claim upon which relief could be…