Tuttle v. Winchell

Dorsey, C.

The plaintiff brought this suit, and obtained a decree therein in the court below, for the specific performance of an alleged parol agreement hy Earl Tuttle and Catherine Tuttle, his wife, to adopt the plaintiff and to make him their heir. The only other interested party is Isabelle ‘Winchell, the daughter of Mr.- Tuttle, in whom the interests of all the heirs at law are merged, and who prosecutes this appeal. The effect of the decree is to vest her with the title to the undivided half of the property and the plaintiff with the remaining half; whereas, if the plaintiff should not…