Woods v. Dunn
Oregon Supreme Court
From Benton: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Department 1. ■ Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. Tbis is a suit by Winona L. Woods and husband against J. Leroy Dunn and others to enforce specific performance of an agreement, alleged to have been made between Richard Dunn, deceased, and the plaintiffs, whereby he covenanted to devise to the plaintiff Winona L. Woods 200 acres of land in Benton County, Oregon, in consideration of their promise to care for Mm and furnish him a home…
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From Benton: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Department 1. ■ Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. Tbis is a suit by Winona L. Woods and husband against J. Leroy Dunn and others to enforce specific performance of an agreement, alleged to have been made between Richard Dunn, deceased, and the plaintiffs, whereby he covenanted to devise to the plaintiff Winona L. Woods 200 acres of land in Benton County, Oregon, in consideration of their promise to care for Mm and furnish him a home during the remainder of his life. He was 64 years of age, childless, and had been divorced from his former wife. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
The evidence shows, as stated, that Richard Dunn had accumulated property amounting to upward of *463$52,000, and that he was childless and alone in the world. He had little to do with his relatives, and the testimony discloses that they gave him little attention. He was uncouth in his hahits, having lived on the frontier most of his life, and was addicted to the use of intoxicants. He had resided for a time with his nephew on lands afterward devised to the latter by the July will, but the cookery in the family did not suit him, and he was disturbed by the noise of the nephew’s little son, so…
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