King v. Luyckx

Appellant filed a bill in equity for the specific performance of an oral contract to make a will. He sought a decree requiring defendant Helen Aylward Luyckx to convey certain real property, and directing defendant Edmun'd T. Luyckx, as administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Aylward, deceased, to transfer 400 shares of the capital stock of the ft. L. Aylward Coal Company, a Michigan corporation. All of this property was owned by Elizabeth Aylward at the time of her death. At the time the alleged oral contract was made, plaintiff was employed by the coal company as its manager under an…