Ballard v. Ballard

SNYDER, JüDSE:

Suit in equity instituted in the circuit court of Monroe county, August 30, 1879, by B. B. Ballard against'the heirs at law and devisees of Jeremiah Ballard, deceased, to enforce the specific execution of a written contract for the purchase of a tract of about 240 acres of land situate in said countj^, entered into March 21, 1876, between the plaintiff and his father, the said Jeremiah Ballard. After the making of said contract the said Jeremiah made a voluntary conveyance of *472fortj7 acres of said 240 acres to his son, Riley Ballard, and on April 16, 1879, be died testate leaving…