Carter v. Witherspoon

This is an appeal to settle the principles of the case, and is from a decree overruling a demurrer to an original bill. The bill alleges, in substance, that the complainant, the appellee here, entered into an oral agreement with the defendant, by which the complainant agreed to live with, care for, and provide for the finan-i cial support of, the defendant as long as she lived; for which the defendant was to bequeath and devise to him all of her property, both real and personal; that the complainant complied with his agreement, lived with, cared for, and supported the defendant for a number…