Lebo Estate

Dissenting Opinion by

Mb. Justice Bell :

This is a claim against a decedent’s estate for personal services based on a quantum meruit. The claim is made by Mrs. Susan Peffley, decedent-testator’s cousin and his only near (surviving) relative. Countless decisions of this Court have held (a) that claims against a dead man’s estate are viewed with suspicion when they could and ordinarily would, if genuine, and reasonable time permitted, have been made in decedent’s lifetime, and (b) that all claims against a dead man’s estate must be proved by evidence which is clear, precise and indubitable, or,…