Vogl v. Estate of Goldrick

The following opinion was filed April 2, 1929:

Crownhart, J.

The testatrix, Elizabeth Goldrick, left a will, which was duly probated, in which the claimant, Charles C. Vogl, Sr., was named as a legatee in the sum of $1,000. The will was admitted to probate, and the claimant *501thereupon filed a claim against the estate for $2,210 in quantum meruit, based upon services rendered the testatrix in her lifetime.

The testatrix was a widow, living at Aniwa, Shawano county, next door to the claimant. At her death she was seventy-four years of age. The claimant had worked for the testatrix’s husband for…