Hiatt v. Williams

The object of this suit was to procure a specific performance of an agreement, after the death of the person with whom the agreement is alleged to have been made, upon the ground that the plaintiff had fully performed on his part. The plaintiff was the youngest son of Th. Hiatt, who had four children. In 1858, having provided for his other children, as he supposed; to each of his two daughters having given a share, and his son who went to California, some money, he agreed with plaintiff, his youngest son, that if he would remain upon the homestead and support his father and step-mother during…