Hoskins v. Saunders
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for services and disbursements in providing a home and caring for the defendant’s testatrix, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Q-ager, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the .plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
There appears to have been no question upon the trial in the Superior Court that the services for which the plaintiffs brought this action were in fact rendered for the decedent, the defendant’s claim there, as here, being that the evidence was not sufficient, in view of the family relationship existing between the parties (that of stepsons and stepmother), to warrant the finding of a con tract to pay for such services. We agree with the counsel for the defendant and with the authorities which they cite, that claims of this character against a decedent’s estate should be carefully scanned by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Grant v. GrantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Starkey's Appeal From CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
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