Masters v. Stewart

This was an action upon a claim for board, nursing, and services rendered the decedent, Frances V. Egan, by the appellee. The appellee’s verified claim was disallowed by the appellant, the executor of decedent’s estate, and was placed upon the court’s docket for hearing and trial. Before trial the executor filed an answer in three paragraphs, a general denial, accord and satisfaction, tender and payment. Upon the issues thus formed, the cause was submitted to the court for trial without intervention of jury. The judge, after hearing the evidence, made a decision and finding against the…