McKeown v. Carroll

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff seeks to compel the specific performance of a contract by which Cornelius Kelly, as alleged by the plaintiff, agreed that if she would live with Cornelius Kelly and Jane Kelly, his wife, as their daughter, all the property owned by Cornelius Kelly should be the plaintiff’s, and that she would be the only heir of Cornelius Kelly, and would receive all of his property at his death. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals. The trial court made special findings of fact and conclusions of law as…