Stahl v. Stevenson

The opinion of the court was deliverd by

Mason, J.:

In this case (ante, p. 447) it was decided that an agreement by the plaintiff’s grandfather, based upon a valuable consideration, that she should receive at his death the share of his estate which she would inherit should he die intestate, is not brought within the statute of frauds by the circumstance that he died owning real property, In a petition for a rehearing, various matters are urged which we regard as warranting further discussion.

1. Counsel for the petitioners contend that this court has erred in its construction of the provision of…