Ver Standig v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.

Action in equity to enforce specific performance of a parol contract to devise real estate. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the petition. Plaintiff declined to plead further and judgment was entered dismissing the bill. This appeal is from that judgment.

The petition alleged the following facts: Cora Leon was the wife of Julius Leon. They lived in the city of St. Louis where Mr. Leon owned considerable property, both real and personal. On October 15, 1917, he died. Mrs. Jessie Ver Standig, the plaintiff herein, was the niece of Cora Leon. For approximately two months immediately…