In Re Lewis Estate

This case presents the question of whether an unmarried live-in friend may recover under a contract implied in fact theory for services rendered over a three-year period on the basis that decedent promised to see that she was "taken care of.”_

Decedent and Helen L. Hall began dating in the summer of 1982. In the fall, Ms. Hall moved into decedent’s residence at his request and they cohabited as modern unmarrieds without benefit of portfolio. After an argument in the summer of 1983, Ms. Hall packed her bags and informed decedent that the harmony moon was over. She testified that he begged her…