Succession of De Loach

HIGGINS, Justice.

Ira DeLoach and the widow and heirs of Frank DeLoach instituted this proceeding against the Successions of Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander DeLoach, alleging that, prior to the death of Frank DeLoach, Ira and Frank DeLoach entered into a verbal agreement with their father, John Alexander DeLoach, under the terms of which the three of them (all of whom were carpenters) were to build a house upon Lot No. 12 of Block No. 2 of the Miller Addition in the Town of Haynesville, La., which lot was owned by the father; that Frank DeLoach and his father each were to receive 90 cents per hour…