Court Opinion

ID: 9751308
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 16:20:32.555171+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:26:42.653508
License: Public Domain

MANDERINO, Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent. Not one of the witnesses claims to have heard decedent promise to give $100,000. They used words such as “guarantee,” “be responsible for,” or “see to it that another $100,000 was raised.” This type of language does not clearly reflect an unconditional promise to give. The more likely interpretation is that if needed he would see that the $100,000 was obtained in some way. At best, the language is subject equally to both interpretations and does not satisfy the burden of being clear, direct and convincing evidence of an offer to give $100,000. Under these circumstances, recovery by appellee required proof that the $100,000 was never obtained from any source.