Rogers v. Bartley

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Duval County, based upon a jury verdict, in favor of the plaintiff-appellee on his claim that the deceased contracted to provide for him in his will but failed to do so. The proper rule to be applied in such a case is that the proof of such contract must be clear, cogent, and convincing, and the making of such contract must be established by -disinterested witnesses. First Atlantic 'Na*787tional Bank of Daytona Beach v. Cobbett, Fla., 82 So.2d 870. Traurig v. Spear, Fla. App., 102 So.2d 165. We think that the evidence at the trial…