Bailey v. Cronin

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

This case involves a breach of contract to devise 40 acres of land. It was tried to the court and review is on that basis.

Plaintiff/appellant Sylvia Bailey (plaintiff) and her sister Shirley Bailey Cronin, one of the respondents in this case, were involved in a series of land transactions between 1958 and 1979 with their now deceased parents, Chester and Hazel Bailey. These transactions were an attempt by the parents to simplify the devise of the 320 acre family farm to the two daughters. In 1958 the parents conveyed the north 160 acres to themselves and the defendant as…