Woods v. Land
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Platte Circuit Court, Hon. James M. Sandusky, Judge. Statement of case by tlie court. This is a contest over the following claim presented to the probate court against the estate of Adam O. Woods by William W. Woods, Ms son : . “In Probate Court of Platte County, Missouri, to October term, A.D. 1888. “Estate of Adam C. Woods, Dr. to William W“ Woods.
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Appeal from Platte Circuit Court, Hon. James M. Sandusky, Judge. Statement of case by tlie court. This is a contest over the following claim presented to the probate court against the estate of Adam O. Woods by William W. Woods, Ms son : . “In Probate Court of Platte County, Missouri, to October term, A.D. 1888. “Estate of Adam C. Woods, Dr. to William W“ Woods. “ For work done on farm and services rendered in attending to business of deceased from January 1, 1875, to January 1, 1882, a period of seven years, at two hundred and forty dollars per year, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars; which…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
Claims against estates of this sort are a very dangerous class of cases and should be scrutinized closely by the courts. Not that many of them are not meritorious, but from the nature of the claim and the. .situation of the parties, estates are liable to be swallowed •up in a manner not contemplated by the law.
The ordinary presumption of an agreement or contract to pay for valuable services rendered, does not obtain where the parties occupy a family relation, and the closer this family relation is, the farther is the presumption removed. Miller’s Appeal, 100 Pa. St. 568. It is held in England…
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