Johnson v. Ranes

Defendant, decedent’s personal representative, appeals from a judgment for the value of services to decedent. Plaintiff alleged that, at decedent’s special request, plaintiff cared for her from 1974 until her death and that (1) the reasonable value of plaintiffs unpaid services is $25,000 and (2) the agreed value of those services is $25,000. In her answer, defendant denied plaintiffs claims and alleged affirmatively that decedent “made periodic payments to plaintiff and bequeathed to plaintiff $5,000 and an exercycle, all in full payment for plaintiffs services.” Defendant also alleged that…