Kaufman v. Cook

This was a bill in chancery, filed by Jane Kaufman, in the circuit court of Mercer county, against Thomas Cook, the appellee, to compel the latter to convey certain real estate in pursuance of an alleged parol gift. The subject of the controversy is known to and designated by the witnesses as the “Atcheson property. ”

The bill charges, in substance, that appellee, who is the uncle of appellant, and without children, being displeased with the treatment the latter had received from the Stonier family, who were related to appellee by marriage, told her he would “give her a home; ” that he would,…