Ayoob v. Ayoob

By this action Adele Ayoob, plaintiff and appellant herein, seeks to recover upon an alleged oral contract evidenced by a written memorandum executed by her husband, Tom D. Ayoob, now deceased, wherein he agreed that the sum of $5,000 of his estate should be left to her in the event of his death.

Tom D. Ayoob, a native of Syria, had resided in Quincy, California, for a considerable number of years, and had amassed an estate which upon his death was appraised at $89,934.64. He had been married before, and left surviving him seven children, all residents of Quincy, as the issue of the former…