Rea v. Richards

The bill was filed by the appellant, to enforce the specific performance of a parol contract, made witti the appellee, for the purchase of an undivided one-third interest in certain real estate, situate in the town of LaEayette. The averment of the bill is, that the contract was made in 1863, by appellant, as trustee of the statutory separate estate of his wife, and the purchase-money paid formed part of such estate. It is further averred, that the wife died in 1866, intestate; and on her death, the appellant succeeded to a life-estate in the real estate so purchased. The answer admits the…