Shropshire v. Rainey
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for specific performance, etc. Before Judge Wright. Chattooga superior court. October 18, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
This is an equitable action brought October 3, 1917, by Mrs. Bainey against the executors of the will of Mrs. Barksdale, for specific performance of a' parol contract alleged to have been made by B. D. Jones with Mrs. Barksdale in the year 1900. The fourth paragraph of the petition is as follows: “Petitioner shows that about twenty years ago, when she was only a small child, the said Mrs. M. J. Barksdale contracted and agreed with her father, B. D. Jones, that if he would take charge of the farm above referred to [farm in Dirttown valley, consisting of two adjoining land lots in said…
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