Gugolz v. Gehrkens
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtAngellotti, J.
Plaintiff had judgment, from which and from an order denying their motion for a new trial defendants appeal. The action is one to enforce an alleged oral agreement made in 1881 by which Marie Gugolz, the deceased, agreed to make a will in favor of plaintiff to the extent of one-fourth of all the property that she should die possessed of. She died testate in January, 1907, leaving an estate of the value of about thirty-seven thousand dollars. By her will she bequeathed to various persons other than plaintiff sums aggregating about twenty-two thousand dollars. To plaintiff she left five dollars…
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