Cook v. Holden

The plaintiffs seek a decree for the specific performance of an alleged oral contract for the conveyance of a house and lot of land. The defendants deny the existence of such contract. After a protracted hearing the Chancellor filed written findings of fact, the substance of which is hereinafter recited, and dismissed the petition with costs. The cause comes before us on the plaintiffs’ exceptions to certain of the findings and to the refusal to comply with certain of their requests for findings. There is no exception to the decree.

The defendants, John Holden and Rosanna Holden, are husband…