Stevens v. Niblack's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

Suing by his next friend and mother, Katherine Stevens, Vivian Eugene Stevens brought this action against J. W. Niblack’s administrator to recover the sum of $10,000 for breach of a contract by which J. W. Niblack, his alleged father, agreed to leave and devise to him all of his estate both real and personal. At the conclusion of the evidence the court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

Briefly stated; the facts pleaded are these: On February 13, 1931, Katherine Stevens went to the home of Vivian Niblack, who lived…