Jung's Estate

Gest, J.,

— Karoline Jung died on Nov. 14, 1927, seised of premises No. 2537 Mutter Street, which she had acquired by devise from her husband, who died in 1894. The petitioner presented his petition to the court, under section 18 of the Fiduciaries Act, setting forth that he had been a tenant of the decedent for twenty years, paying rent therefor, and that about a year prior to her death the testatrix promised him, orally, that if the petitioner would make some repairs to the property, pay his rent regularly and remain her tenant until she died, she would devise to him said premises. The…