Chandler v. Owen

Hall, Justice.

In a suit by Maude Walker Graham ("plaintiff’), long-term nurse and housekeeper to Mrs. Franklin ("testatrix”) against Mrs. Franklin’s executors to recover out of the estate on an alleged contract with Mrs. Franklin for plaintiffs services, F. C. Chandler intervened as next friend of two of Mrs. Franklin’s nieces, legatees under her will. The intervention was grounded in Chandler’s assertion that if plaintiff recovered on her claim there would be nothing left in the estate for the nieces. Plaintiff moved for summary judgment against Chandler on grounds that the legacy to the…