Stuckey v. Truett

Mr. Justice Cothran :

I concur in the opinion of the Chief Justice affirming the decree of the Circuit Judge upon the following grounds:

The evidence, with all the surrounding circumstances, demonstrating the propriety, reasonableness and probability of the alleged agreement, satisfies me that the Circuit Judge was right in finding that the will was executed upon the promise of the devisee to devise the property to the boys who had been raised by Mrs. Truett and were the obje.cts of her solicitude and affection. In 1 Tiffany, Real Property, § 94, it is said:

“If one procures a devise by…