Burns v. Kieley's Estate

This is review of a judgment for $28,947 upon a claim by plaintiff for services rendered John Kieley in his lifetime, the claim having been filed in the probate court of Wayne county and there disallowed, and trial having been had in the circuit court, with a jury, on appeal.

Plaintiff was a second cousin of Kieley. She came from Ireland in 1889, and began to live with decedent and his wife in 1890. She married in 1904, but, with her husband, continued to reside' at Kieley’s. In August, 1920, Frances Kieley, a niece of John, came to live with him, and in October or November plaintiff moved to…