Lloyd v. Treasurer of Illinois

In 1901, Robert F. Brown acquired title to a farm of 160 acres in Sangamon County and, prior to 1915, Lee Jarrett and his sister, Millie Jarrett, became tenants of Brown and continued to reside on the property until their respective deaths in 1936 and 1946.' By an oral agreement entered into in 1920 with Lee and Millie Jarrett, Brown agreed to give them, or the survivor, by his last will and testament, the complete control, use, occupancy and the entire proceeds of the farm for a period of twenty years from the date of his death, if they, or the survivor of them, should so long live, provided…