Bedal v. Johnson

FLYNN, Commissioner.

— This is a case of first impression in this court. Plaintiff claims that in 1868, when she was about a year old, her father made an oral contract with O. P. Johnson and wife, whereby the father turned plaintiff over to them and surrendered his rights as a father, in consideration of which the Johnsons agreed to legally adopt *368plaintiff and make her their heir and upon their death leave her all their property. Plaintiff seeks specific performance of this contract against the surviving widow of O. P. Johnson, who married him in 1906, without notice or knowledge of the…