Pair v. Rook
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
This is a suit brought by appellants for the specific performance of an alleged parol agreement between Mary Moore Rook and her husband, P. I. Rook, for the devise of all of the property of P. I. Rook, which agreement is sought to be taken out of the operation of the statute of frauds upon the ground of part performance.
P. I. Rook was an uneducated, hardworking, successful business man, who accumulated a large and valuable estate. He was married three times. He first married Mary Lee Rook, by whom he had a son, Brutus W. Rook, born August 9, 1901. Mary Lee Rook died shortly after the birth of…
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