In Re Dei's Estate

This is an appeal from the circuit court for the county of Wayne from the allowance by said court of a claim of the plaintiff, Benjamin S. Pagel, against the estate of Christina Dei, deceased.

Plaintiff is a practicing attorney, having practiced his profession in Detroit for approximately 30 years. His claim is for legal services rendered to the decedent from the early part of the year 1925 up to and including a portion of the year 1933.

Mrs. Dei died in 1935 and Wilbur M. Severance, the appellant, was appointed executor of her estate. Plaintiff did not know of the death of Mrs. Dei until 1938,…