Standage v. Tarpey

KRUCKER, Judge.

The appellees, plaintiffs below, recovered a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the amount of $16,900, against the defendant, Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate of Nick J. Nisick, deceased. Defendant’s motion for a new trial on the issue of damages was denied and this appeal followed.

The plaintiffs’ claim against the estate was predicated upon the decedent’s promise to devise certain real property to them in exchange for his living with them and being cared for by them until his death. Their amended complaint alleged, in general terms, presentation of a creditor’s claim to…