Tatum v. Tatum

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This pre-nuptial contract case involves an appeal by Wilma Tatum, plaintiff in the trial court, from a summary judgment for Rupert Tatum in his capacity as personal representative of the estate of Henry Tatum, defendant in the trial court. We affirm.

On August 28, 1977, Henry Tatum orally promised appellant, hereinafter called “plaintiff,” that if she would marry him and care for him until his death he would leave all he owned to her upon his death. This promise was orally accepted by plaintiff and the two were married on September 1, 1977. Subsequently, during the…