Evans v. Johnson

Bill filed by Thomas Evans, plaintiff, to set aside a deed to defendants, husband and wife, on the ground that defendants had failed to perform an oral agreement to care for plaintiff and provide him a home during his lifetime. Defendants denied making the agreement. On the same day that the bill of complaint was filed, Thomas Evans executed and delivered a deed of the property in question to one Lula G. Smith, a relative by marriage. Shortly afterward, Thomas Evans died and Lula G. Smith was substituted as plaintiff. The trial court, after hearing, dismissed the bill of complaint. Lula G.…