Stichler Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

This is a claim by the daughter of decedent for the residue of the estate based upon an alleged oral contract of decedent to make a will in her favor. The court below dismissed the claim because the alleged contract was not sufficiently proved and furthermore because no evidence was submitted to establish the extent and value of the services rendered. This appeal followed.

It was shown that when decedent’s wife died in 1940 decedent sent for his daughter, the claimant, who then resided in New York City. Claimant and her husband came to Philadelphia,…