Casey v. Krump

MERRILL, Justice.

Nic Krump owned considerable land in Baldwin County during his lifetime and at his death left an estate appraised at $23,-750. His wife contracted pneumonia in 1934 and the appellant and respondent Mildred Casey, then- 18-years of age, came into the Krump home to nurse Mrs. Krump. Mrs. Krump recovered from pneumonia but she became mentally ill and was sent to a •hospital in 1936, where she remained until her death in 1940. Mrs. Casey continued to live in the Krump household and she testified that she “drove the car, cooked and did anything that was needed to be done.”

In 1938…