Smart v. Liddle

The plaintiff, a young lady about 22 years old, was employed as a housemaid in the home of decedent and his wife. She began work in the last days of December 193Y. Decedent’s wife was not well and died on January 29, 1938. Plaintiff alleges that on the following day decedent proposed to her that if she would continue on as his housekeeper and take care of him in the event of his sickness, until his death, in the immediate future he would either make proper transfer or conveyance of all of his property to her, including assignments of his insurance policies, or execute a will devising and…