Opinion ID: 1162080
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Secrecy and haste.

Text: This is a third factor of importance listed in Reddaway (214 Or. at 423, 329 P.2d 886). The deeds in question were executed by decedent while in the hospital with terminal cancer. No witness was produced who was present when they were signed or who was able to explain who prepared the deeds or what instructions were given by the decedent for their preparation. On the other hand, under the evidence in this case it appears that defendant did not participate in any attempt to keep the deeds a secret, much less in any hasty arrangements for their preparation or execution. Indeed, there was considerable evidence that decedent's intention to give the property to defendant was not a secret, but that she had told friends and business associates of her plans to do so.