Ikegami v. Ikegami

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PADGETT, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing appellants’ complaint which sought to enforce an alleged contract to make a will. The issue is whether the court below erred in finding as a matter of fact that it was not the intention of the parties to prevent the decedent from disposing of most of his estate during his life.

Plaintiffs-Appellants are the children of the decedent and his first wife. Decedent was a vice president of a savings and loan company, and had, for many years engaged in extensive estate planning with his counsel Ted T. Tsukiyama, Esq., as a…