Hendershot v. Hendershot

The bill of complaint in this case was filed for the purpose of compelling the executors and trustees of Charles F. Hendershot, deceased, to specifically perform an alleged oral agreement made between the testator and the mother of the complainant whereby the testator bound himself to adopt the complainant and to make a will bequeathing and devising to the complainant a share of testator's estate amounting to at least as much as the complainant would receive if the said Charles F. Hendershot died intestate and the complainant had been his natural and legitimate son. The complaint also alleges…