Beattie v. Traynor, Admr.

This is an appeal from the disallowance of a claim against the estate of the late Clarence A. Smith, based upon a contract alleged to have been made between him and the plaintiff for the care and support of an illegitimate child named Clarence James Smith, and for the use and benefit of the child. The case has been here once before upon the pleadings, and reference is had to the opinion reported in 114 Vt 238, 42 A2d 435. There was a trial upon the merits resulting in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the case is again here.

Plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that she had kept…