Winder v. Winder

The plaintiff, Jerome E. Winder, and John R. Winder, named as the defendant executor, are the surviving sons of Ray Elizabeth Winder, deceased. They were appointed co-executors in her will, wherein she left her entire estate to her grandchildren. After the will was admitted to probate, the plaintiff presented to his co-executor a claim against the estate in the sum of $6,500 as the reasonable value of services rendered to the decedent from 1918 to the date of her death on February 12, 1938. The defendant executor rejected the claim and the plaintiff brought the present action thereon within…