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HILL v. ESTATE OF WESTBROOK

Docket No. L.A. 22227.

39 Cal.2d 458 (1952)

247 P.2d 19

MINNIE HILL, Appellant, v. Estate of CHARLES WESTBROOK, Deceased, et al., Defendants; EDWARD J. WESTBROOK, as Administrator, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 12, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmett E. Patten and Glen A. Duke for Appellant.

Hugh E. Macbeth and Hugh E. Macbeth, Jr., for Respondent.

SCHAUER, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant administrator in an action on a rejected claim against an estate. Plaintiff and decedent, who were not formally married, lived together as man and wife from 1930 until decedent's death in 1946. Two children were born to them. The creditor's claim was for the lump sum of $10,000 "For services rendered decedent from about August 15, 1930, to date of death [July 31, 1946], ... consisting of keeping house for...

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