In Re the Estate of Dal Paos

Claimant, Anna DeRochi, filed a claim in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Christian County against the estate of Antonio Dal Paos for services rendered to the decedent during his illness for the five years immediately preceding his death. The legatees under the will of decedent objected to the claim, and after a trial without a jury, judgment was entered for claimant for $6,500, plus costs, from which the legatees appeal.

Claimant had been acquainted with decedent prior to her husband’s death in 1936. In 1942, decedent moved into her home on West Third Street in Taylorville,…