Veruki v. Burke

Atkinson, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) This case was assigned to the writer to present the opinion of the majority of the court. It does not represent the writer’s views, as will appear in a dissent attached hereto.

The allegations of the petition show full performance of all obligations undertaken by the plaintiff’s parents as the consideration for the promise of the deceased to leave a will bequeathing the property in question to the plaintiff. The case as made by the petition is on principle precisely the same as if a contract had been made for the purchase of realty and the…