Patterson's Estate

Stearne, J.,

The exceptions in this case raise a question as to the effect of a “family relation” upon a claim for services by a sister-in-law against the estate of a decedent.

It is well settled that as between parent and child the law implies no promise to pay for board, lodging and kindred services, and requires proof of an express promise to pay. But where the relationship between the head of the house and the lodger and boarder is but a collateral *365connection the rule is contrary, in that the law does not imply that the services were furnished gratis: Reasner’s Estate, 116 Pa. Superior Ct.…