Milliner v. Morris

The plaintiff, as committee of an incompetent person, has brought this action, in equity, for relief in the nature of specific performance of a written contract by the terms of which Thomas Ryan, now deceased, agreed upon his death to leave to the incompetent person one-half of the property of which he was seized and possessed at the time of making the contract, which he continued to own at the time of his death. The complaint demands other relief which is immaterial upon this appeal. Besides setting out the contract, the complaint contains the following statements of fact material on this…