Succession of Moran

Appellees contend that the decedent’s promise in the antenuptial to make appellant the beneficiary in his will is in violation of public policy so that she may not recover damages for the breach of the contract. If that is the correct resolution of the controversy, the solution was not reached until the trial judge and the judges of this court had the opportunity to hear and consider extensive erudite briefs and eloquent arguments. To tell appellant that her contract is unenforceable because decedent’s promise, after all and in retrospect, is contrary to public policy seems unfair and…