Johnston v. Tomme

This is an appeal from a decree overruling a general and two special .demurrers to a bill in equity and is allowed to settle the controlling principles in the case. These demurrers remand us to the allegations of the bill for the following assumed facts.

Thomas S. Johnston,.who was a paralytic and physically unable to take care of himself, made an oral agreement with the appellee that if she would take him into her home and assume the.care of him, seeing that he did not suffer for the lack of that attention which was essential, he would make his will in her favor leaving her his entire estate.…