Legal Opinion
McNamara v. Michigan Trust Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 18, 1907No. Docket No. 28PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Error to Kent; Perkins, J. Mary McNamara presented a claim against the estate of Mary McNamara, deceased, for services rendered. The claim was allowed in part by the commissioners, and claimant appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment for claimant, and the Michigan Trust Company, special administrator, brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Claimant presented a claim against the estate of Mary McNamara, deceased, for services extending over the period intervening June, 1885, and February, 1904, under an alleged promise of compensation which the claim presented states in the following terms :
“If claimant would remain and care for and look after her [deceased] and personally care for her, attend the household duties and the other business matters of deceased, she, the said deceased, would pay the claimant well and liberally for all her services out of her estate at the time of her death, and that such allowance payment *348would be…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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