The plaintiff-appellees brought this suit against the respective estates of their adoptive parents for enforcement of an alleged oral contract to leave their property to them upon their death. Federal jurisdiction rests upon diversity of citizenship and requisite amount in controversy, both of which concededly exist.
The trial court decreed specific performance based upon a finding that the adoptive...
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