Mann v. Moseley

Wyatt, Justice.

This action for specific performance of a contract to make a will was filed by Mrs. Nell Moseley against James W. Mann, personal representative of the estate of Luther J. Brown. The defendant filed his answer denying all the material allegations of the petition. At the trial, the evidence for the plaintiff was, and the jury was authorized so to find, that shortly after the death of the wife of Luther Brown in October, 1947, Mr. Brown who was 84 years old, agreed to leave everything he had at his death to Mrs. Moseley if she would look after him and allow him to live in her home…