Harris v. Morgan

delivered the. opinion of the Court.

The Chancellor sustained a demurrer interposed by the defendants to the original bill, to the extent of hold ing that the original hill was founded upon an oral contract for the sale of lands, within the application of the fourth section of the Statute of Frauds. Shannon’s Code (all editions), section 3142. In all other respects the demurrer was overruled, and a discretionary appeal was allowed to this court.

The facts stated in the bill, and admitted by the demurrer, are substantially as follows: The complainant is a daughter of Elijah Morgan, who died in…