Lovett v. Continental Bank and Trust Company

WADE, Justice.

This case involves certain claims by Mrs. Nellie A. Lovett, who was friend and personal attendant to Mrs. J. U. Giesy, against the latter’s estate. The claims are opposed by the executor bank in the interest of two cousins who, as residuary legatees, take the bulk of the estate of about $60,000.

Plaintiff’s first count claimed that certain jewelry had been given her by Mrs. Giesy prior to her death; her second count sought compensation for personal services she had rendered for Mrs. Giesy. The defendant bank sought to defeat both counts; the first on the ground that plaintiff had…