Galapeaux v. Orviller

This appeal, involving a freehold, centers around a Chicago residence property devised by Albert A. Orviller, deceased, to his nephew, Clarence. A. Orviller, the principal appellee. The action was started when the appellant, Edward Galapeaux, a nephew of decedent’s wife, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County praying for specific performance of an oral contract whereby decedent and his wife allegedly promised to execute a joint and mutual will by which the survivor would devise and bequeath their entire estate to appellant in return for his promise to give them care and medical…