Vickers v. Vickers

HARWOOD, Justice.

Appellee filed a bill of complaint for specific performance against appellants, her son and his wife, alleging that she had purchased a house and three lots from them for $4,000, that she had been placed in possession of the property and that the deed should have conveyed “to her full and complete legal title,” but the deed in fact only conveyed to her a life estate in the property; that she had made demand on the defendants that they give her the deed agreed upon, and they refused.

Demurrer to the bill was overruled, answer was filed and testimony taken before the trial…