Nichols v. Nichols, Jr.

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• son gave up attractive offer to become owner of another farm to take care of family farm and mother until her death
• oral agreement to leave family farm to son if he farmed it, paid off bills and took care of mother until her death specifically enforced where son fully performed under contract
• defendants fully performed under contract for many years by farming family farm, paying all bills and taking care of mother until her death, and therefore, were entitled to have farm conveyed to them
• performance in reliance on an oral contract which “‘so alter[s] the relations of the parties as to prevent restoration to . . . former condition’” may warrant equitable relief, (quoting Towsley v. Champlain Oil Co., 127 Vt. 541, 543, 254 A.2d 440, 442 (1969))

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