Vincent v. Campbell

The bill of complaint seeks specific performance of an alleged oral agreement to support the complainant for the rest of his life and also asks for the return of 133 shares of Boonton National Bank stock transferred by the complainant to the defendant.

The complainant was 80 years old when the transaction took place. He was in poor health, a diabetic. He owned about 11 acres of land in Boonton on which was situated a large hostelry known as the "Pudding Stone Inn" and a small six room cottage.

The complaint alleges that without preliminary negotiations, the defendant, a son-in-law of…