Mattes

—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.

The action was tried before- the- court- sitting - without a jury. The court found that, prior to March' 1962, the decedent was .a. suitor of plaintiff, and during that period plaintiff had performed services for which she did not expect or claim CQiapen sation. During March 1962 plaintiff and decedent entered into an' oral agreement whereby plaintiff would render various services such' as cooking, shopping, cleaning, driving an automobile, caring for decedent and accompanying him on social occasions, in return for which decedent would compensate plaintiff by a provision in his will. The decedent failed to make any will thereafter, so that his estate passed under a will executed in 1943. The court found the reasonable value of plaintiff’s services for the 18 months from…