Bolander v. Thompson

These were actions by the executor of Osborne Tusting’s Last Will and Testament and Osborne Tusting’s son and second wife as Osborne Tusting’s heirs at law to set aside gifts intervivos to defendant. The two cases were consolidated for trial as they involved the same state of facts, the heirs’ suit having been filed prior to the appointment of Bolander as executor. The plaintiffs appeal from judgments for defendant in both cases.

In August, 1939, following an accident to both Osborne and Leona Tusting on Treasure Island, the defendant, Marion Thompson, was hired to take care of Osborne Tusting…