Usalatz v. Estate of Pleshe

The appellant, Katie Usalatz, herein referred to as the “claimant,” filed in the county court of Franklin county her claim for services in the sum of $2,100 against the estate of John Pleshe, deceased. The county court allowed her claim in the sum of $468. On appeal to the circuit court a jury returned a verdict for the defendant estate. A motion by claimant for a new trial was overruled and judgment was entered on the verdict against the claimant, to review which judgment claimant brings this appeal.

John Pleshe died testate on October 13, 1937. During the times in question he ran a small…