Estate of Buss
Court of Appeals of Iowa
1Opinion of the Court
HUITINK, Judge.
Mary Cox appeals the probate court’s ruling partially denying her claim for services from the Pearl E. Buss estate. We affirm.
I.Background Facts and Proceedings.
Buss died on September 30, 1995. Cox filed a claim against Buss’ estate alleging she had not been paid for personal and domestic services she provided Buss from March 1994 through September 1995. The executor denied Cox’s claim.
The probate court found Cox worked for Buss an average of fifteen hours per week at a rate of $7.00 per hour for the period covered by Cox’s claim. The court, however, found Cox had been paid for…
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