Estate of Cates v. Brown

The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the estate of Clyde E. Cates on a claim made by Jesse L. Brown, that the estate owed him $44,638.00 for personal services performed over a period of ten years, from 1952 through 1962. The appellant contends that the trial court erred by granting the estate’s motion for summary judgment because Mr. Brown’s claim was timely filed and states a cause of action for an oral agreement to make a will in favor of Mr. Brown. The appellant also claims that the respondent’s motion for summary judgment was not in proper form and should not have been…