Cotton v. Cotton

BRICKELL, O. J.

The purpose of the original bill, filed on 21st October, 1881, is the specific performance of a contract, made and entered into on the first day of January, 1867, by which the defendant in writing bound himself, and covenanted that he would convey to the ancestor of the complainants five hundred acres of a larger tract of land, when he could ascertain the numbers thereof. The defendant remained in the open, notorious, continuous possession of the entire tract,, taking the rents and profits, claiming title, and exercising acts of ownership. The ancestor of the complainants died…