Farrell v. Faries

The Chancellor :

This is a bill filed by the complainant Sarah T. M. Farrell, for the specific performance of a contract, made by Joseph Wells Faries, one of the defendants, to purchase a lot of about three (3) acres of land in the town of Smyrna; and the sole question is whether the complainant has a fee simple title thereto, or whether she merely has a life estate.

The lot in question was devised to the complainant by the name of Sallie Tinghman Mitchell by the last will and testament of William C. Mitchell, deceased. That will, among other things, provides:

“Item. I give and bequeath to my…