Davis v. Davis

The appellee sued the appellant upon an alleged express and upon an implied promise to pay to her reasonable compensation for taking the “ custody and care of Charles Davis, an infant son of the appellant, and for boarding, nursing and clothing him.”

The appellant answered by pleas of general denial, six years’ *158limitation, and special matter, provable under the general denial. Reply in general denial.

The testimony of the appellee shows, that, in 1860, being-a widow, possessed of one hundred acres of land, part of which was under cultivation, she married James Davis, the appellant’s father, who…