Iozapavichus v. Fournier

WEBBER, Justice.

Joseph Ramon died on April 7, 1970 at the age of 81, a resident of Mexico, Maine. He had come to America from Lithuania in 1911 and found employment in the paper mill where he worked until his retirement in 1958. Ramon never married. He formed a close friendship with another Lithuanian couple, Walter and Bessie Sot-man, and in 1927 he came to live with them. Ramon paid a modest amount for board and lodging but in all respects regarded himself and was treated by the Sot-mans as a member of, the “family.” This arrangement continued until 1966 when the ravages of arteriosclerosis…