Blevins v. Lovelace's

This is an action by Rachel Powers Blevins against the executor of J. M. Lovelace and another to recover on a parol contract made by Lovelace with the plaintiff to bequeath to her the sum of $1,000.00 for services rendered by her to the testator in his lifetime. The executor pleaded conditions performed and res judicata and the trial court rendered judgment for the defendant.

The testator, by the first clause of his will, directed his executor to sell certain designated real estate and to collect his choses in action and from the proceeds “besides paying all of my just and provable debts — to…