In re the Estate of Pascal

Joseph A. Cox, S.

This decedent died on July 6, 1954. In 1958 the objectant Edmond Pauker asserted a claim against the estate in the total amount of $78,736. Of this total, $10,000 was claimed as a compromise figure orally agreed upon by the decedent and the claimant on December 11, 1953 as payment for past services rendered by the claimant. The balance was claimed pursuant to an oral contract under which it is asserted the decedent agreed to pay the objectant $1,000 a week from December 11, 1953 for services as a manager, agent and representative, and additional sums for providing the…