CRAIG v. BANE

No. 10946.

209 F.2d 779 (1954)

CRAIG v. BANE.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

January 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Cohon, Chicago, Ill., Arthur M. Morris, Denver, Colo., Cohon & Goldstein, Chicago, Ill., Ensel, Martin, Jones & Blanchard, James B. Martin, Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Arlo E. Bane, Bloomington, Ill., J. D. Wilson, Nokomis, Ill., Leonard J. Harned, Sedalia, Mo., Chester Thomson, Bloomington, Ill., for appellee.

Before DUFFY, LINDLEY and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for specific performance of an oral agreement alleged to have been made by Henry Frank Teter (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Frank) and Charles Teter, brothers, whereby Frank agreed to adopt plaintiff and to leave his entire estate to her. The trial was to the court and upon completion of all of the evidence the complaint was dismissed for want of equity.

Plaintiff was...

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