McRoberts v. Estate of Kennelly

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE ENGLISH

delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal is from an order of the Prohate Court disallowing a claim against the estate of Martin H. Kennedy in the amount of $11,000 for medical services rendered to the decedent during the five-year period preceding his death in 1961.

The principal argument on behalf of the estate is that the record conclusively establishes that all claimant’s services were rendered gratuitously with no expectation of payment. At the outset let us say that we are aware of the general rule, as stated in In re Estate of Foster, 46 Ill App2d 319,…