Devinney v. Corey

The action was for the specific performance of a paroi agreement to convey land, alleged to have been made with the plaintiff by one Wolcott, since deceased, the owner of the land. The plaintiff is a daughter and the defendants are the other heirs at law of the deceased. The plaintiff seeks to avoid the statute of frauds, on the ground of part performance. The premises referred to in the agreement were a parcel of about 52 acres, with the home buildings, and known to the family as the “Homestead Place.” Adjoining it the deceased had another parcel of about 50 acres, and adjoining the…