Estate of Bond v. Trent

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This was a proceeding to establish, and specifically perform, an oral contract under which the claimant Susie Bond asserts a right to all of the property owned by the decedent at the time of his death. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the claimant’s evidence and rendered judgment disallowing such claim. The claimant appeals.

Preliminary to a statement of the facts pertinent to the main issue a chronological narrative of the events responsible for their existence will be helpful.

*777On October 31, 1908, the claimant and the decedent H. G.…