Lathrop v. Sinclair
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Adsit, J. The claim of Helen A. Lathrop against the estate of Anna Miller, deceased, was disallowed in probate court, and claimant appealed. From a judgment for claimant, Malcolm C. Sinclair and another, executors, bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The claimant was an unmarried woman, who was allowed compensation from the estate for services alleged to have been rendered to testatrix by way of *330companionship and attendance. The claimant maintains that the evidence shows an agreement to compensate her for such services as she should render, while the defendants assert that, at most, it is shown that testatrix promised to remember her in her will to such extent as she thought just or proper. The claimant was not a competent witness, and the evidence in support of her claim consists of statements of the testatrix, which, in our opinion,…
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