In re Estate of Thompson

Full title: In re Estate of Theodore Thompson, Deceased. Thompson, Appellant, v…

Court: Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Apr 4, 1949

337 Ill. App. 290 (Ill. App. Ct. 1949)

85 N.E.2d 840

Opinion

Gen. No. 44,518. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed April 4, 1949 Released for publication May 17, 1949

ESTATES OF DECEDENTS, § 296^_ — evidence warranting disallowance of claim for services. Evidence warranted disallowance of claim against decedent's estate for reasonable value of services performed as a housewife on ground that an implied promise to pay for such services was excluded by reason of illicit cohabitation of claimant and decedent as husband and wife.

_ See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. PHILIP J. FINNEGAN, Judge, presiding.

Affirmed. Heard in the first division, first district, this court at the October term, 1948.

Marshall Solberg and Albert J. W. Appell, for appellant;

Hansen Hansen, for appellee;

Leith M. Hansen, of counsel.

Opinion by JUSTICE TUOHY.

Not to be published in full. Opinion filed April 4, 1949; released for publication May 17, 1949.