Perkins v. Corkey

The plaintiff, after proper presentation of a claim to the defendant as executor of the will of Alice M. Chapman, brought this action to recover the reasonable value of miscellaneous services rendered to the decedent during the last ten years of her life at her request and upon her promise to pay “the reasonable value thereof by will.” In the will, which had been executed only about three months before the testatrix’ death, the plaintiff was bequeathed a diamond ring which was not found, could not be inventoried, and consequently was not received by the plaintiff, together with a one…