Schmidt v. Jennings

Plaintiffs sought specific performance of an oral agreement by decedent to recover certain real property, or, in the alternative, to set aside a certain deed.

For some time prior to 1941 decedent, Lillian A. Schmidt, was the owner of 2 separate and adjacent pieces of property upon each of which was located a 4-family rental unit. The property here in dispute concerns the ownership of one of these pieces of property with its accompanying rental unit.

Decedent had 4 children, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Plaintiffs herein are decedent’s sons. One daughter is the defendant. The other daughter is not a…