Widows' & Orphans' Home & Charitable Institution of the Church of the Living God v. Anderson

The suit was by Lige Burkley and C. L. Bryant against appellee, George Anderson. It was to try the title to a tract of land in Cherokee county. In his answer Anderson alleged that he did not then own and had never owned the land, and then alleged that appellant, a corporation, owned it and by contract had bound itself to convey it to him. He asked that appellant be made a party and that he have judgment requiring it to specifically perform its contract to convey to him. Appellant in its pleading denied having contracted to convey1 the land to Anderson, and sought judgment against him for same…