Rubenstein v. Mueller

On October 23, 1961, Bertha and Conrad Mueller, after nearly a half century of marriage, executed a joint will providing’ that the estate of the first to die should go to the survivor, and on the survivor’s death their property should go to certain named beneficiaries. Nine months later in July of 1962, Bertha died and Conrad, pursuant to the joint will, received her entire net estate. The following month Mueller’s cousin, Martha Louise Mueller, the defendant herein, came to live with him, keeping house for him and, after he became ill, nursing him until his death in June, 1964. Conrad and…