Estate of Petzold v. Petzold

The appellant filed a claim against the estate of his mother grounded on the allegation that she violated her promise, made on his agreeing to pay a specified sum for her farm and make certain provisions for her support, to execute a will by which he would share equally with her other children in her estáte, and thereby receive back a part or be relieved from — in fact, being required actually to pay the entire purchase price stipulated.

The mother deeded the farm to him in 1903, and such promise, if any there was, was then made. In 1917 the mother executed a will by which the claimant was to…