Snider v. Godfrey

This is a suit in equity by two daughters of Mary E. Barnevelt, deceased, to set aside a deed from her as grantor to a third daughter as grantee, which deed provided that it was given in consideration of “the agreement of the grantee herein to give the proper care and attention to the grantor during the term of her natural life ...”

Plaintiffs claimed the defendant breached the covenant of the deed in that she failed to give the proper care and attention to her mother and that she left Iowa and established a residence in Seattle, Washington, with the declared intention of never returning to…