Daubenspeck v. Powers

The appellee filed a claim against the estate of *43his wife’s deceased father, for the boarding of the decedent in his lifetime, at intervals during eighteen years preceding his death.

W. Grose and T. B. Bedding, for appellant. J. H. Mellett, J. Brown, and B. L. Folk, for appellee.

On the trial, the appellant offered to prove that the decedent lived as a member of the family and performed various services for the appellee during said time, for the purpose of re.butting any implied promise on-the part of the decedent to pay for his- board. This evidence was excluded by the court.

The court also…