Mendoza v. Gomes

Appellant as executor of the will of Antonio Lucio, deceased, appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury’s verdict in favor of respondent who sued to establish a rejected claim for the reasonable value of services alleged to have been performed for deceased.

There was substantial evidence to the following effect: The testator, a widower, died on October 18, 1953, at the age of 85. His grandnephew, appellant herein, was the sole beneficiary under his will. Eespondent, who was a sister-in-law of decedent, had cared for him in her home during the last years of his life. The services began…