143 W. Va. 888 - Mullins v. Green’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “It is the finding of this Court, upon the evidence in this record, that the contract alleged in the amended bill of the plaintiff has not been proved by the full, clear and convincing evidence which is required in such a case. The construction of the buildings by the plaintiff, and the other acts of the parties, may be explained in too many ways inconsistent with the terms of the alleged agreement. In Gray v. Marino, supra, we quoted with approval the following statement from Miller v. Miller's Ex'r, 2 Va.Dec. 97 , 21 S.E. 471, 473 , an early Virginia case, which is here reiterated: `It is a serious matter, when a man dies, for a claimant to come forward, and demand the estate, upon the ground that the deceased had in his lifetime verbally promised or agreed to make a will giving his estate to said claimant, and that, too, in the face of a will which has given it to some one else. Such a claim naturally excites surprise, and a court of equity will always require the clearest and most convincing proof to sustain such a claim.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mullins v. Green