Knight v. Smith

The bill in this cause was filed by the appellant seeking equitable relief in the nature of specific performance of a contract between plaintiff and one Jim Smith to will to plaintiff a certain described house and lot, and, also as incidental to full relief, canceling a deed executed by Jim Smith to the defendant, his cousin, J. B. Smith. From a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill as last amended plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

The ruling of the Chancellor was well rested upon the recent case of Vickers v. Pegues, 247 Ala. 624, 25 So.2d 720.

The facts alleged in the amended bill are in…