Estate of Mueller v. Karns

OPINION

BAKER, Chief Judge.

Appellant-respondent Estate of Helen Moffitt Mueller (the Estate) appeals the trial court’s judgment in favor of appellee-claimant William Earns on his claim against the Estate seeking payment for services he provided prior to Mueller’s death. Specifically, the Estate argues that the trial court erroneously found that the parties executed a binding contract regarding Karns’s compensation.

Finding that Karns’s offer was never accepted, that even if there was a contract its enforcement is barred by the Statute of Frauds, and that Earns is entitled to quantum meruit…