Owens v. Estate of Saville

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Ronald V. Owens filed a claim against the estate of Jessie P. Saville, deceased, in the Probate Court of Worth County, Missouri, for $18,000 for personal services rendered by the claimant to the decedent. The probate court on its own motion transferred, the claim to the circuit court. Upon trial, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the claimant for $18,000.00. The administrator of the decedent’s estate has appealed.

Jessie P. Saville, a resident of Ringgold County, Iowa, died October 19, 1960. She left a will which was admitted to probate and in which Ronald V. Owens,…