Mitchell v. Rouse
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Carrie A. Bouse, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Saratoga on the 16th day of October, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 27th day of October, 1896, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $350.
1Opinion of the Court
Merwin, J.:
The recovery in this case is for personal services performed by the plaintiff at the request, as he claims, of the defendant in assisting her to procure a settlement of a claim she had against a railroad company for damages for the death of her husband, and also in assisting her in her appointment as administratrix of her husband’s estate and in investing the moneys received from the railroad company..
At the trial the plaintiff was called" as a witness and gave a state- ■ ment of what he had done, but did not state the value of his services. A witness was then called who testified…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Picard v. LangAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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- Jacobus v. Van WyckNew York Supreme Court · 1898