Meier v. Estate of Briggs

The decedent, Mary E. Briggs, died June 30, 1933. C. D. Evans was appointed executor of decedent’s estate, and qualified as such in July, 1933. He published the first notice of his appointment as such on July 26, 1933.

There is evidence tending to show that the. plaintiff, Lillian O. Meier, appellee, performed certain services for the decedent during the last five years of her lifetime. On July 10, 1934, she filed a claim of $2,500 against decedent’s estate for “services to * * * Mary Briggs * * * from January 1, 1928 * * * until (her) death on June 30, 1933,” claiming $500 per year for five…