Goodloe v. Goodloe

The facts in this cause, as found by the court of chancery appeals, are that the complainant, at the solicitation of his aunt, M'iss Cornelia Goodloe, abandoned lucrative employment and entered into her service upon an agreement that she would leave a will, giving to him a farm in *254Maury county, Tenessee, and the personal property thereon. The service thus undertaken was faithfully and to the satisfaction of his employer rendered by the complainant until the date of her death, on the 9th of November, 1893. Having failed to discharge her obligation, either by will or otherwise, and her…