Ashabraner's v. Owens

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Reversing.

Mrs. Dave Owens sued the executor of the will of J. W. Ashabraner and Mrs. Lilly Toon, co-devisee with Dave Owens of the estate, on an express contract to pay a reasonable sum for services rendered the deceased. She recovered $1,200, which was all that she asked.

The case was only partially developed. J. W. Ashabraner lived in Adairville, and it appears that Dave Owens had been a tenant on his farm about two miles ■away. After the death of his wife, Owens and his wife moved in with Mr. Ashabraner in September, 1930. The claim asserted by…