Herman v. Madden

Suit for specific performance of an oral contract to devise real estate. The decree was for plaintiff in the circuit court of St. Louis city and defendants appeal.

The petition is against the administrator and heirs-• of Ignatz Zahrada, deceased, and alleges: in "March, 1925, plaintiff became a tenant of Zahrada at '3533 Illinois Avenue in St. Louis; plaintiff and his wife rented1 the upstairs portion of the premises and Zahrada and his wife lived -in the downstairs portion; Zahrada often asked plaintiff to make repairs and do odd jobs around the premises and also around the premises at 3427…