Walker v. . Butner

This is an action to enforce a contract by the defendant to pay the plaintiff $2,500 for the land described in the pleadings, provided the plaintiff could convey to the defendant a deed in fee simple with full covenants of warranty, which he subsequently refused to do.

The case turns upon the construction of the will of Martha E. Sides, a widow at the date of her death, without children, who had adopted Lessie I. Walker. The defendant in this case is a kinsman of the plaintiff and also of the testatrix and is willing to pay the purchase-money if Lessie I. Walker can make him a deed in fee…