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Green v. Richmond
Citation:
337 N.E.2d 691 (Mass. 1975)Facts
The plaintiff testified that she met the decedent in November, 1962, and shortly thereafter accepted his proposal of marriage. She was thirty-six years of age at the time, divorced, and had a fifteen-year old son; she was then employed as a secretary. About a year after they met, in October, 1963, the decedent stated that he had a “mental hangup” about marriage and asked to be released from the engagement; he said, however, that if the plaintiff would agree to “stay” with him, he would bequeath his entire estate to her at his death. The plaintiff agreed. During the eight-year period between October, 1963, when bargain was made, and October, 1971, when the decedent died, there was evidence that the decedent, on several occasions, made statements to the plaintiff and other persons which could be found to be an acknowledgment by him of the original agreement.
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