Marley's Estate

Bolger, J.,

The auditing judge disallowed a claim for alleged advances to decedent during his lifetime, and exceptions thereto were taken.

*246Claimant was a stepdaughter of decedent, at whose home she lived as a boarder. Prior to May 31, 1933, she paid $6 a week, plus varying additional amounts, for her own board and for that of her cousin, who likewise lived at decedent’s residence. At that time decedent lost his position, and thereafter claimant paid some $20 per week regularly until the date of decedent’s death, on November 2,1935. The chief witness presented by claimant was her mother,…