Stevens v. Hurley

— This is a suit in equity wherein plaintiff seeks the specific performance on the part of defendants of a parol agreement to execute to him a lease of the lower floor of a certain building located in Sedalia, for a period of five years commencing June 1, 1924, and ending May 31, 1929, and if defendants refuse to execute such a lease that the court decree 'the execution of the same.

The facts show that defendants, other than Edward J. Hurley, are the owners as tenants in common of the premises in question. The building in his lifetime was owned by Edward Hurley who died a number of years ago.…