City of Hope v. Levin

Following rejection by the executors of its claim against the estate of Olive V. Levin, deceased, the plaintiff City of Hope, a non-profit charitable corporation of California, filed this action in the circuit court of Dade County, seeking judgment for *60$250,000 on the basis of an oral agreement alleged to have been made by the decedent to bequeath $250,000 to the plaintiff claimant to be used in the construction of an addition to a certain hospital in Duarte, California.

With reference thereto the complaint alleged :

“2. That the decedent, Olive V. Lev-in, in the company of her husband, Ben…