Stevens v. Myers
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah.: Robert G. Morrow, Judge. In Banc. It is alleged that the plaintiff and the defendant are brother and sister and the only children of George Tobias Myers and Sally S. Myers, his wife; that by their mutual effort and joint labor the father and mother accumulated a large amount of property; that at the time of the making of the alleged agreement and the execution of their respective wills, the parents were the owners in their respective rights of valuable real…
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From Multnomah.: Robert G. Morrow, Judge. In Banc. It is alleged that the plaintiff and the defendant are brother and sister and the only children of George Tobias Myers and Sally S. Myers, his wife; that by their mutual effort and joint labor the father and mother accumulated a large amount of property; that at the time of the making of the alleged agreement and the execution of their respective wills, the parents were the owners in their respective rights of valuable real estate and personal property in the City of Portland; that while they were such owners George T. Myers,.the father,…
1Dissent
BURNETT, J.,
Dissenting. — The plaintiff sues to enforce the specific performance of an alleged contract said to have been made between her parents, which she thus states in her complaint:
“That while each of her parents was so the owner of such property, her father promised and agreed With her mother that for and upon the consideration that her mother would make and execute a will whereby she would devise and bequeath to him all the property of every kind which she might own at the time of her death and would further provide in and by said will that in the event that he should die before her…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Edson v. . ParsonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Frazier v. PattersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Baker v. SyfrittSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Semmes v. WorthingtonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1873
- Spain v. Oregon-Washington R. & N. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1915
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