Shaka v. Shaka

The question we decide in this equity proceeding is whether the trial judge erred in not setting aside the jury’s finding that the testator and her deceased husband had made an oral agreement which bound her to leave her estate to his three children in equal shares. Because the evidence supports the verdict, we affirm.

Athan Shaka was born in Greece in 1876. He came to this country in 1900 but returned to Greece a few years later and married Vasiliky, by whom he had a daughter, Ora, while still living in Greece. The family later moved to this country where Athan’s first son, Napoleon, was…