Legal Opinion
Lyon v. Willamette Lutheran Homes, Inc.
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided March 10, 1965PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolman, J.
The defendant, Willamette Lutheran Homes, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation which conducts a home for the aged. The plaintiff is the executor of the estate of Anna L. Bennett. On October 2, 1962, Anna L. Bennett moved into the home operated by defendant. Some time later she entered into a contract with defendant which was dated back to the day she moved in. The contract provided that the defendant, under certain circumstances, would provide her with living quarters and care for life for the sum of $5,000, which decedent paid, plus a monthly fee. The by-laws of the defendant, which were…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- FIRST NATL. BANK OF LAWRENCE v. Methodist Home for AgedSupreme Court of Kansas · 1957
- Dodge v. New Hampshire Centennial Home for the AgedSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1949
- Kirkpatrick Home for Childless Women v. KenyonNew York Supreme Court · 1922
- Kirkpatrick Home for Childless Women v. KenyonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
- Old People's Home of the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church v. MiltnerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1939
3Cited by3 opinions
- Howe v. American Baptist Homes of the West, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1980
- Riemenschneider v. Fritz Reuter AltenheimNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1977
- Farrand v. Redington Memorial HomeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970