MATTES v. PINKNEY

Docket No. 31174.

260 Cal.App.2d 491 (1968)

67 Cal. Rptr. 255

KATHLEEN MATTES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EVA PINKNEY, as Executrix, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

March 27, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Dorfman and Bertram L. Linz for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel J. Jaffe for Plaintiff and Respondent.


FILES, P.J.

Defendant executrix appeals from a judgment for plaintiff in an action brought to recover the reasonable value of services rendered prior to decedent's death.

Charles Fowler died September 27, 1963. Defendant was appointed executrix of his estate valued at $27,000. Plaintiff was not named in the will. Neither plaintiff nor the legatees in the will were, as far as the record discloses, related to the decedent.

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