Dementas V. Estate of Tallas, 764P. 2d 628

Case Brief Students Name Institutional Affiliation Course Date Case Brief Case name Dementas V. Estate of Tallas, 764P. 2d 628 Procedural history Peter K. Dementas is the plaintiff for the case while on the other hand Estate of Jack Talla is the defendant. The plaintiff, in this case, appeals for the judgment where he dismisses the claim against Jack (Dewey, 2016). Facts for the Case: Jack emigrated from Greece in 1914 and came into the US where he settled in Salt Lake City and stayed for about 70 years. He was able to achieve a lot during his staying the US since he was an insurance agent and also a Landlord. During his stay in the US he had a close, and a personal friend referred to as Peter Dementas who had offered assistance to him. In 1982 on December 18, the two had a meeting, and Tallas wrote a memorandum. The memo indicated that Tallas owned Dementas $50,000 for assisting him all those years. Talla rewrote the memo and normalized the memo in English with his seal and handled it to him. On February 4, 1939, Tallas died, before his death he did not have the chance to amend his will and indicate Dementas as the heir as indicated in the above memo (Liu, 2014). The case was brought to court, and the court found out that the memo never had the features for an enforceable contract, but expressed gratitude to Dementas. Issue The subject matter in the court was answering the question: was there enough proof that the memo written by Tallas to Dementas was enforceable and if it was bearing all the features that a contract should possess (Faigman, 2014). The evidence must be provided because Dementas wanted a ruling to be made in his favor so that he can be awarded the $50,000, which was...