Grimbley v. Harrold
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San. Joaquin County and from an order denying a new trial. Edward I. Jones, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
BRITT, C.
There was evidence at the trial of this action that in the summer of the year 1894 the plaintiff, a young woman, upon the request and at the expense of one Frederick Shelton, her uncle, left her home in England and came to this state, where said Shelton resided, for the purpose of caring for him in sickness; he proposing in rather indefinite terms to make some provision for her, saying, among other things, that he had some papers he wanted her to have. Shelton was then and had been for several years previously a member of the society called the Ancient Order of United Workmen, which…
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