Williams v. Owens

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellee (Fritz P. Owens) filed in the County Court of Chilton County, in equity, (created by Act No. 403, appvd. Sept. 9, 1955, Acts 1955, Vol. II, p. 941), a bill of complaint against appellants (Rubye Cox Williams and Betty Jo Deason) seeking specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of sixty acres of land. This appeal is from a decree overruling appellants’ demurrers to the bill. The appeal was taken prior to passage of Act No. 72, appvd. Sept. 15, 1961, Laws 1961, Sp. Sess., p. 1947, amending § 755, Tit. 7, Code 1940, and providing that a decree overruling…