Ritchie v. . White

Civil action to recover for services rendered by plaintiff to her late husband and for support furnished at his instance and for his benefit upon the express promise that he would "make a will . . . and devise to the plaintiff in fee . . . (the home place) his house and lot . . . in the City of Asheville."

John Ritchie was a porter or doorman at the Langren Hotel. On 18 February, 1936, he and the plaintiff were married and they lived together in Asheville until December, 1943, when they went to Philadelphia, Pa., so that the husband could have his eyes treated by a physician in that city and…