147 Ky. 503 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1912
Opinion op the Court by
Affirming.
S. D. Brooks died a resident of Bullitt County in the year 1907, the owner of a valuable farm which he” did not dispose of by his will. He left surviving him- four sis
The facts we have stated are not seriously controverted on the appeal. They are proven by the deposition of Miss Theresa Brooks and her testimony which is not contradicted, is sustained by the admitted facts and circumstances. But it is earnestly insisted that the agreement being in parol is within the statute of frauds, and therefore, Strange is without remedy.
Miss Theresa Brooks and Miss Susan Brooks each owned an undivided one-fifth interest in the land, or two-fifths between them. Owning this interest in the land they made an agreement with Strange that he
Judgment affirmed.