Owings v. Owings

MORRIS, Commissioner.

Appeal from a judgment requiring appellant, defendant below, to perform her contract of purchase of 51.6 acres of land for a cash consideration of $10,000. A general warranty deed tendered to appellant was rejected because of her belief that appellees could not convey fee simple title. *222The chancellor upon submission on pleadings held otherwise, and directed performance.

The pleadings disclose the following facts and conclusions: Julia Owings died testate in 1916. In her will she made devises of certain real estate, and in a third clause devised the remainder to her…