Greenwood v. Commercial Nat. Bank of Peoria

Ella L. Greenwood, appellant here and plaintiff below, brought this action in the circuit court of Peoria County seeking specific performance of an alleged oral promise of Harvey H. Williams, deceased, made in October, 1936, that if plaintiff would not quit the deceased’s employ but would remain as Williams’s housekeeper, on his death a home that Williams would buy or build and its contents would be the plaintiff’s and that plaintiff was to have financial security for life, which terms plaintiff accepted and remained as his housekeeper. The suit was brought against Commercial National Bank of…