RIGGLES v. ERNEY

No. 335.

154 U.S. 244 (1894)

RIGGLES v. ERNEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James G. Payne for appellants.

Mr. Edwin B. Hay for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The sole question is whether the plaintiffs have made out such a case as entitles them under the statute of frauds to a specific performance of the alleged agreement for the sale of the homestead property in square 199, and an equal division of the proceeds.

Thomas Riggles, the ancestor, was possessed of two parcels of land in Washington...

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