Lamb v. Donovan

This was an action by Giles S. Donovan and Mary Ann, his wife, against the appellants. The complaint sets up, in substance, the following facts:

That on, etc., Barnabas Lamb, now deceased, who was the father of the defendants and the said Mary Ann, having purchased a piece of land of one Isaac M. Coen, but not having received a conveyance therefor, procured the said Coen to convey the said land to the defendants, in consideration of which the defendants agreed to support and maintain the •said Barnabas and his wife during their natural lives, and, after their death, to pay to the said Mary Ann…