McKie v. McKie

Candler, Justice.

Josiah M. McKie, Sr., and his wife Lillian McKie separated in 1935. She sued him for alimony in 1950, and on May 27 of that year, and by a contract which was subsequently made the judgment of Richmond County Superior Court, he gave her $1,500 in cash, the remainder interest in 115 acres of land, paid her attorney $200 for services rendered her in the alimony proceeding, and gave her the right to purchase the remaining 25 acres of land he owned, at and for the best bona fide offer he might thereafter receive for it from any third person, provided she elected to purchase it…