Grant v. Bradstreet
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In equity. On appeal and exceptions by defendants. This was a bill in equity in which the plaintiff claimed that the late Peter G. Bradstreet of Gardiner, Maine, died intestate, but before his death instructed his brother, William W. Bradstreet, who in case of such intestacy would be the sole heir to the property of the deceased, that an annuity .of one thousand dollars annually to be paid according to the terms set forth in the bill in equity was given to the plaintiff out…
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In equity. On appeal and exceptions by defendants. This was a bill in equity in which the plaintiff claimed that the late Peter G. Bradstreet of Gardiner, Maine, died intestate, but before his death instructed his brother, William W. Bradstreet, who in case of such intestacy would be the sole heir to the property of the deceased, that an annuity .of one thousand dollars annually to be paid according to the terms set forth in the bill in equity was given to the plaintiff out of the property of the intestate’s estate, and that the defendant, Bradstreet, promised the deceased that if he would…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
On the trial of this cause in equity the jury found, as a matter of fact, that the respondent, William W. Bradstreet, verbally promised his brother, Peter G. Bradstreet, during the last sickness of the latter, and but a few days before *596his death, that, if Peter should die intestate, leaving him, William, as his sole heir and next of kin to succeed to all of Peter’s estate, he would pay, out of the estate soto be inherited by him, to William S. Grant, the complainant, one thousand dollars annually during the complainant’s natural lifetime.
That such a promise, if fully and absolutely proved,…
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