[DOWNLOAD] "Greenwood v. Com. Nat. Bank of Peoria" by Supreme Court of Illinois # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Greenwood v. Com. Nat. Bank of Peoria
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 22, 1955
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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Ella L. Greenwood, appellant here and plaintiff below, brought this action in the circuit court of Peoria County seeking specific
performance of an alleged oral promise of Harvey H. Williams, deceased, made in October, 1936, that if plaintiff would not
quit the deceased's employ but would remain as Williams's housekeeper, on his death a home that Williams would buy or build
and its contents would be the plaintiff's and that plaintiff was to have financial security for life, which terms plaintiff
accepted and remained as his housekeeper. The suit was brought against Commercial National Bank of Peoria as administrator
of the estate of Harvey H. Williams, deceased, Vivian W. Schnur as the sole heir-at-law of Harvey H. Williams, deceased, and
Bernard Schnur as her husband. The defendants denied generally the allegations of the complaint and set forth as affirmative defenses (1) the Statute of
Frauds, there being no writing, (2) that the agreement is vague, indefinite, uncertain, ambiguous, unfair, unjust and unconscionable,
(3) that the plaintiff's services were not referable to nor did they point or supply the key to the alleged promise of decedent.
In addition, defendants counterclaimed for possession of the premises and the personal property in question.