Tate v. Emery

This is a suit to enforce an oral agreement alleged to have been entered into by plaintiff’s daughter, Luella Thompson, and Charles Thompson, her husband, agreeing that upon the death of one of them the other should hold for life whatever property they possessed and that the survivor would, upon his or her death, will one-half of the residue to the heirs of the other. These parties were married on January 12, 1898, and. had no children. She died intestate on February 17, 1921, and at that time they owned property of the value of $20,000 or more, consisting of some $4,000 on deposit to their…