Estate of Rachel Nusbaum

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The auditing judge held that the appellee, Mrs. Fritz, had performed services for the decedent, by way of nursing, of the value of $2600, and that she had not been paid for them by the decedent; but he also ruled that there could be no recovery against her estate because the services had been rendered in expectation of a legacy. The court in banc reversed the ruling of the auditing judge, distinguishing between services voluntarily rendered in mere hope or expectancy of a legacy, and those rendered at the request of the decedent and pursuant to a promise that they should…