McDaniel v. Mitchell

Lumpkin, Justice.

Ed. Wilson McDaniel and others filed a petition against Alexander W. Mitchell et al., the chief object of which was to obtain a decree for the specific performance by Mitchell of a parol contract for the sale by him of a tract of land to the father and mother of the plaintiffs. They allege that Mitchell agreed to sell the land to their parents for $300.00, to be paid in money or work, immediate possession to be given them, and a deed to be *41made on payment; that possession was accordingly given them; that they remained on the land till they died; that plaintiffs have occupied…