McFerron v. Trask

Balph Trask (now deceased), the plaintiff, entered into a contract for the sale of his residence real property. His wife refused to join in the conveyance. He then brought suit to compel his wife, Billie Trask, to execute the necessary documents. Mrs. Trask answered the complaint by contending that she was entitled to ownership of the house by virtue of an oral agreement between her and her husband; that, in any event, she had a statutory right to a homestead interest in the house and she also counter-claimed for past support money saying that at the time of the marriage he had promised to…