1. It is a well-settled rule that all persons who are directly interested in the result of litigation should be made parties, either plaintiff or defendant, to proceedings for equitable relief. Civil Code, § 4844.
2. In the present case the allegations of the petition make a case, partly at least, for specific performance. The prayer is that the agreement entered into between the parties prior to the sale of the land be performed, but the petition discloses the fact that certain of the heirs, not parties to this proceeding, are to become the owners of the land upon the death of the mother. These heirs are interested in these proceedings, both because it is alleged that they entered into the agreement that the land should be sold, and because it is alleged that they “are to become the owners of this lot upon the death of the” mother and would be hurt by a decree of specific performance;
We do not pass upon the other ground of the demurrer sustained by the lower court, except to say that it is doubtful under •the facts alleged whether a tender was necessary. As to the remaining grQund not passed upon in the lower court, we are inclined to think that this ground of demurrer' was good. It seems too that this was an agreement not in writing and relating to land, and, under the case of Roughton v. Rawlings, 88 Ga. 819, within the statute of frauds and not enforceable.
Judgment affirmed.