Roper v. Murphy

This is a bill in equity by which the plaintiff seeks to compel the administratrix of the estate of Herbert F. Roper to convey to him certain real estate and to establish the indebtedness of the intestate to him on a demand note for $1,900. The bill was brought originally against Annie H. Roper, the administratrix of. the estate of the intestate. Upon her death the administratrix de bonis non of his estate was substituted as the party defendant.

Material allegations of the bill, as amended, are that in 1919 the plaintiff purchased the land in question from the intestate for $150, which was…