TOLIVER v. DURHAM

No. 4386, 4387.

240 A.2d 359 (1968)

Julia W. TOLIVER, Appellant, v. Gladys A. DURHAM, Executrix of the Estate of Essie Hebbron, Appellee. Leola M. KENNEDY, Appellant, v. Gladys A. DURHAM, Executrix of the Estate of Essie Hebbron, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurman L. Dodson, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Shellie F. Bowers, Washington, D. C., with whom Carlisle E. Pratt and Julius Jay Hollis, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, MYERS, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired).


HOOD, Chief Judge:

These appeals arise out of two separate claims against the estate of Essie Hebbron for services rendered to her in the last year of her life.

Appellant Kennedy, a long-time friend of Miss Hebbron, testified that Miss Hebbron, who had suffered a stroke, asked Kennedy to care for her and promised to pay for such services; that this conversation took place in decedent's bedroom while the two were alone; that over a period of

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