Houlette v. Johnson

Primarily, the question submitted for our consideration relates to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the purported oral agTeement. Preliminary to a further discussion thereof is a rehearsal of the story pertaining to the parties, their relationship, circumstances in life, and dealings with each other in the premises.

Adelaide Johnson, in 1920, owned and lived in a house on the real estate in controversy. With her resided a son, B. F., or Bert, Johnson. The mother was then aged, and the son approximately 52 years old. A day or two before Thanksgiving of that year, at the urgent request…