Jernberg v. Evangelical Lutheran Bethany Home for Aged

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This action was brought July 30, 1941, by the ad'ministrator of the estate of Erick V. Olson, deceased, for the benefit of the estate and the heirs at law of decedent. The defendant is a Christian charitable institution which for many years has been and is conducting a home for aged people at Lindsborg, and hereafter will be spoken of as the Home. The action was to rescind and to set aside a written contract between the Home and-Olson, executed July 18, 1936, and a deed, in which the grantor reserved a life estate, of the same date and…