Sullivan v. Dumaine

There was some evidence to support the plaintiff’s claim that she was promised the property at 4 Hamilton Street in Nashua by the decedent Michael Sullivan. See White v. Poole, 74 N. H. 71. However we cannot say that the defendants’ contention and the determination of the Trial Court “that there is a lack of clear and convincing evidence” that the promise was made is erroneous on the record before us. A leading commentator in this field (Sparks, Contracts to Make Wills 22-23, 24 (1956)) summarizes the problem as follows: “Much of the litigation concerning contracts to make wills has been…