Richards v. Richards

The bill of complaint in this case was filed to compel the specific performance of an alleged oral agreement to make a will in favor of the complainant. The suit was originally begun against Ruth Walsh Richards, individually and as executrix deson tort of the estate of Cecil Richards, deceased. Subsequently, the clerk in Chancery was appointed the administrator ad litem and was named as an additional party defendant. Both defendants deny the material allegations of the bill and seek a decree based on a counter-claim for $5,000 deposited in a safe deposit box rented from the Sussex County…