Rollins v. Jarrett

Frank Pike died in 1915, leaving the property in controversy to his widow, Helen L. Piké. Plaintiff and defendants Maggie B. Jarrett and Emma Louise Matthews are his children. On July 31, 1915, the widow and children and children’s husbands made a written agreement, which plaintiff here claims constituted a family settlement. The attorney who drew it testifies (without objection):

“There had been some contention by some of the heirs of the estate that Mr. Rollins and his wife had been successful-in influencing Mr. Pike and his wife to get certain funds and money and advancements from him…