McBride v. McGinley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

— The complaint in this action, omitting the formal parts, is as follows:

“1. The plaintiff alleges that in the month of April, 1892, she commenced work for the defendant, at his instance and request as housekeeper and continued in his employment for the period of nine years, for which the defendant promised to pay her, on demand, such sum as they were reasonably worth.

2. That such services were reasonably worth the sum of twenty-two hundred dollars and on the 4th day of October, 1901, the plaintiff demanded of the defendant payment of said…