Peck v. Mckean
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Linn Circuit Court. Plaintiff filed in the Circuit Court a claim against the estate of which defendant is executor, based upon an account for personal services rendered by her to the deceased in his lifetime. The defendant denied the claim, and the issue joined tlaereon was submitted to a jury, and a verdict and judgment had for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The only question presented for our consideration in this case involves the correctness of' the court’s rulings upon the admissibility' of evidence, and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. They demand only brief consideration.
i. evidence: administrator: services. I. The plaintiff offered her own evidence in the case to show the work done by her for the deceased, and its character. The evidence was rejected, of which plaintiff now , . COmplamS.
No express contract was shown between plaintiff and deceased. The estate is liable, if at all, upon an implied contract, Such a…
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