Baldwin v. Squier
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Mitchell District Court. Action brought by Catherine M. Squier against Ambrose S. Baldwin and another, for specific performance of a parol contract to convey certain land. Trial at the March Term, 1882, and judgment for plaintiff. The defendants bring the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This was an action for specific performance. The facts as found by the jury, are briefly these: In June, 1877, one Jeremiah Baldwin owned the land. He then made a parol contract with plaintiff, that if she would come and live with and take care of him till his death, he would give her his property after he was done with it. She did live with and take care of him till his death, in 1878. She had no *284other possession than as living with him, the jury saying that the only way in which he delivered any possession was by telling her that she would…
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