Paton v. Paton

*352The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action wherein plaintiffs sought to have themselves decreed to be the owners of certain real and personal property by reason of an alleged contract made by their respective ancestors with the ancestor of the defendants. The trial court sustained demurrers to the petition for the sole reason the cause of action was unenforceable by reason of the statute of frauds.

The petition discloses that the plaintiffs comprise three groups, who are the children and heirs, respectively, of George Paton, Jr., John Paton and Ellen Paton Davidson,…