Ridinger v. Harbert

MAUGHMER, Commissioner.

This is a suit for services brought by plaintiff, Carl Ridinger, against Raymond Harbert, Executor of the estate of Myrtle Cox, deceased. The jury trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $5,000. The executor has appealed.

Myrtle Cox and her husband, Milt Cox, resided on a farm near Chula, in Livingston County, Missouri. The plaintiff, who had been working for and living at the home of a neighbor, Mr. Bowman, moved into the Cox home some time during the year 1952. Most of their tillable land was rented out, but the Coxes did keep a few cows, some hogs,…