Cheshire v. Barbour

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Mattie Barbour recovered judgment on a jury verdict for $30,000 against the estate of Ora Cheser, deceased, as the reasonable value of services of personal care and attendance found to have been rendered by Mrs. Barbour to Mrs. Cheser over a period of years. The executor of the Cheser estate appeals, asserting as his principal contention that his motions for a directed verdict and for judgment n. o. v. should have been sustained.

Mrs. Barbour’s complaint, as amended, set forth two alternative claims, each on an express contract. One claim was that in December 1952 Mrs.…