Jackson v. Copeland

Head, Presiding Justice.

Millard Copeland, Jr., filed an equitable petition against Mary Jackson, as executrix of the will of Janie Copeland, deceased, and Bannie Mae Lester, a devisee under the will of the deceased, for specific performance of an alleged oral contract to make a will devising to the petitioner all of the property, both real and personal, of the deceased. It was alleged that the deceased had approximately $7,339 on deposit in a bank. By amendment it was alleged that the fair and reasonable market value of the real property was $2,000, the value of the truck, $250, and the value…