Jones v. Van Vleck

Hall, Judge.

1. The controlling issue is whether the evidence supports the defendant’s contention that the testator was obligated, by express or implied contract, to make compensation for sums which he advanced for her benefit. The evidence showed that the defendant’s wife was the testator’s daughter and pre-deceased, the testator, and that until she died she and/or the defendant and their two daughters lived in the house with the testator, and the testator performed services for their benefit in accordance with an agreement among the family members. There was evidence that after the…