Reuss Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

This appeal attacks the validity of a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Montgomery County which dis missed a claim for engineering services against a decedent’s estate.

Edward H. Reuss, Jr., [decedent], died on May 4, 1959. At the audit of his estate, Nicholas Iovacchini, Jr., [claimant], a professional engineer, presented a claim in the amount of $8365 for engineering services against the decedent’s estate. At the suggestion of the court and in accordance with the local rules of that court, claimant filed a statement of claim which outlined the basis of his claim.…