Clayton v. Deverell

Marshall, Chief Justice.

This is an action for specific performance of a contractual agreement to settle a dispute concerning two tracts of real estate located in the City of Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia.

This suit was instituted by the appellees, who are Euna Clayton Deverell, Cecil Deverell, and E. Crawford McDonald. The appellants-defendants are Aileen B. Clayton and Frances Murray. In a previous year’s support proceeding, appellee Euna Clayton Deverell has been adjudicated to be the common-law wife of the deceased son of appellant Aileen Clayton. Appellant Frances Murray is the sister…