Ward v. Wrixon

Respondent above named commenced an action against defendant praying judgment that it be decreed she was entitled to a life estate in certain real property. The amended complaint alleged in substance that on or about February 14, 1953, Perry A. Snideman verbally agreed with Mary Ward, respondent, that if she lived with him until his death, rendered to him services as a housekeeper, and contributed her pension of $59 a month, he would, in the event he predeceased her, give her a life estate in a two-story apartment-residence in Sacramento, California, together with the rents and profits…