Estate Schmitz v. Schmitz

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

Joseph Schmitz, Jr., George Schmitz and Frank Schmitz each filed a claim in the probate court of Nemaha county for wages against the estate of their father, Joseph Schmitz, Sr., for services performed by them on farms owned by Joseph Schmitz, Sr., under a contract with the latter by which each of the three was to receive better wages than he could receive anywhere else, which wages were to be paid at the death of the father. George Schmitz filed his claim for $6,500 for thirteen years’ work; Joseph Schmitz, Jr., claimed $5,500 for eleven…